Chorley Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974.

Chorley Rural District
Area
 • 191139,988
 • 196141,117
Population
 • 190119,310
 • 196128,567
History
 • OriginSanitary district
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byBorough of Chorley
StatusRural district
Government
 • MottoLatin: SPECTEMUR AGENDO (Let us be judged by our deeds)[1]

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Chorley Rural Sanitary District.[2][3] It comprised an area surrounding but did not include the Municipal Borough of Chorley.[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the rural district was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the non-metropolitan Borough of Chorley.

Parishes

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The district consisted of twenty-two civil parishes:[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ Young, Robert. "Pre-1974 Civic Heraldry of Lancashire". Civic Heraldry of England and Wales. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Chorley RD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project. "Chorley RSD: Relationships and changes". A Vision of Britain through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ^ Croston Urban District was abolished in 1934 and became a civil parish of the Chorley Rural District.
  5. ^ Duxbury was abolished in 1934 and two-thirds of its area became part the Municipal Borough of Chorley, with the other one-third became part of Coppull and Heath Charnock.
  6. ^ Also known as Welsh Whittle. It was abolished in 1934 and become part of Charnock Richard.
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53°39′33″N 2°39′34″W / 53.6591°N 2.6595°W / 53.6591; -2.6595