Clun and Bishop's Castle was a

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Shropshire Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...

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from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the

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as the Clun Rural District, based on the

Clun Clun is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills AONB, Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2011 United Kingdom census, census recorded 680 people living in the town.Combined populations for the t ...

rural sanitary district Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

. It was enlarged in 1934 under a

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by taking in the disbanded

Chirbury Rural District Chirbury was a rural district in Shropshire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Montgomery rural sanitary district which was in Shropshire (and England), the Welsh part formi ...

and Teme Rural District. 1967 saw the district renamed 'Clun and Bishop's Castle', when it absorbed the

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Bishop's Castle Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893. Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales–England border, about north-west of Ludlow and about south-west of ...

. Bishop's Castle became a

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within the rural district. The district was abolished in 1974 under the

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, and was merged to form part of the

South Shropshire South Shropshire was a local government district in Shropshire, England, from 1974 to 2009. Its council was based in the town of Ludlow; the other towns in the district were Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Bishop's Castle and Crave ...

district.

Civil parishes

The rural district contained the following

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es:Frederic A Youngs Jr., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England'', Volume II: Northern England, London, 1991 *

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(from 1934)† * Bettwys y Crwyn (from 1934)† *Bishop's Castle (Rural Borough) (from 1967) * Bishop's Castle Rural (until 1934) The parish was abolished, partly to create Colebatch CP, remainder absorbed by Lydham CP *

Brompton and Rhiston Brompton and Rhiston is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton, in Shropshire, England. Brompton and Rhiston continues as a parish ward within the new civil parish, returning 2 councillors. In 1971 the parish had a po ...

(from 1934)‡ * Bucknell (from 1934)† *

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(from 1934)‡ *

Clunbury Clunbury is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is near to the small town of Clun and the villages of Clunton, Purslow and Aston on Clun. In the village is the Norman Church of St Swithin and a Church of England primar ...

Clungunford Clungunford is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, located near the border with Herefordshire. Village The village features St. Cuthbert's parish church. The River Clun flows just to the west of the village and can be cro ...

* Colebatch (created 1934 from part of Bishop's Castle Rural CP) * Edgton *

Hopesay Hopesay is a small village, and civil parishes in England, civil parish, in south Shropshire, England. The population of the parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 561. The name 'Hopesay' derives from "Hope de Say", the vall ...

Hopton Castle Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the TV series ''Time Team'' in 2010. A ruin since the ...

* Llanfair Waterdine (from 1934)† *

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Lydham Lydham is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. Lydham is situated on the junction of the A488 and the A489 main roads, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bishop's Castle. There is a market Market is a term used to desc ...

Mainstone Mainstone is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in southwest Shropshire, England, near the border with Powys, Wales. The village lies approximately 1 mile northwest of the small village of Cefn Einion. The market town of ...

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Myndtown Myndtown (sometimes formerly spelt ''Mindtown'') is a small village and civil parish in rural Shropshire, around 5 miles to the north-east of Bishop's Castle. The village of Myndtown itself lies immediately beneath the slope of the Long Mynd; i ...

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Ratlinghope Ratlinghope (, ) is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 138. It is situated west of Church Stretton and south of Shrewsbury. Historically it was located in the hundred ...

* Shelve * Stowe (from 1934)† *

Wentnor Wentnor is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies to the west of the Long Mynd and between the village and the hill range is the dispersed settlement of Prolly Moor. The village itself is situated atop a hill, which rises ...

Worthen Worthen is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worthen with Shelve, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is approximately 13 miles west of Shrewsbury. It sits in the Rea Brook val ...

(from 1934)‡ †Previously in Teme Rural District ‡Previously in Chirbury Rural District

References

{{reflist Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Shropshire Rural districts of England Local government in Shropshire