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Clutton Rural District Geography Status Rural district History Created 1894 Abolished 1974 Demography 1911 population 18,460[1] 1961 population 17,925 [1] Clutton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.
It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the rural sanitary district.
In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. The parishes in the district became part of the Non-metropolitan district of Wansdyke in the newly formed County of Avon.
Avon was itself abolished in 1996 and the administration of Clutton became the responsibility of the new unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (BANES).
BANES took over Cameley, Chelwood, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Clutton, Compton Martin, East Harptree, Farmborough, Farrington Gurney, High Littleton, Hinton Blewett, Nempnett Thrubwell, Norton Malreward, Paulton, Publow with Pensford, Stanton Drew, Stowey-Sutton, Timsbury, Ubley and West Harptree.
The parishes of Chilcompton, Litton and Ston Easton became the responsibility of Mendip Council.
References
- ^ a b "Population". Clutton RD. Britain through Time. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10107775&c_id=10001043&add=N. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
Categories:- Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
- Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
- History of Somerset
- Local government in Somerset
- Rural districts of England
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