{{coord, 52.704, -2.496, display=title, region:GB_scale:100000 Wellington 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 formed under the

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( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) based on the

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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 ...

. In 1934, under a County Review Order, it took in the disbanded

Newport Rural District {{coord, 52.769, -2.379, display=title, region:GB_scale:10000 Newport was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1934. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Newport rural sanitary district which ...

. It was abolished in 1974 under the

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, and went on to form part of the

Wrekin The Wrekin ( ) is a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is located some west of Telford, on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. Rising above the Shropshire Plain to a height of above sea level, i ...

district. Since 1998 this has been a unitary authority under the name 'Telford and Wrekin' (

Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...

being the

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now at the centre of the district).

References

*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10087650&c_id=10001043 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 History of Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Rural districts of England