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Stone Rural District was a rural district in Staffordshire,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It was created in 1894 and abolished by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. It was originally formed of the
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
es of
Barlaston Barlaston is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone. According to the 2001 census the population of the ...
, Chebsey,
Cold Norton Cold Norton is a village on the Dengie Peninsula in Essex, England. It is located in rural countryside 10 miles to the east of Chelmsford, and lies just over a mile to the north of the River Crouch, which can be seen from the village's main hill ...
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Eccleshall Eccleshall is a town and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles northwest of Stafford, and six miles west-southwest of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France. His ...
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Milwich Milwich is a village and a civil parish in the England, English county of Staffordshire.
,_
,_Sandon,_Staffordshire">Sandon,_Standon,_Staffordshire.html" ;"title="Sandon,_Staffordshire.html" ;"title="S Explorer Map 258: Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle-under-Lyme: (1:25 000) : Sandon, Standon, Staffordshire">Standon, Stone Rural, Swynnerton and Trentham, Staffordshire, Trentham. In 1897 two new civil parishes were added, Fulford, Staffordshire, Fulford and Hilderstone. In 1922, Hanford, Staffordshire, Hanford and most of Trentham were transferred to Stoke-on-Trent County Borough. In 1932 Cold Norton was abolished with two changes to the district whereby parts of Swynnerton and Trentham were transferred to
Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District was a rural district in the county of Staffordshire. It was formed in 1894 with the civil parishes of Ashley, Audley Rural, Balterley, Betley, Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Clayton, Keele, Madeley, Maer, Muc ...
and parts of Stone Rural moved into Stone Urban District. In 1956 more of Stone Rural was transferred into Stone Urban District. Finally, in 1965 parts of Barlaston, Fulford and Swynnerton transferred into Stoke-on-Trent. On abolition the remaining areas became part of the
Borough of Stafford The Borough of Stafford is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after the town of Stafford. It also includes the towns of Stone and Eccleshall, as well as numerous villages such as Weston, Hixon, ...
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Vision of Britain Page on Stone Rural District
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 History of Stoke-on-Trent Local government in Staffordshire Borough of Stafford Rural districts of England {{Staffordshire-geo-stub