New Radnor Rural District

Coordinates: 52°11′46″N 3°08′38″W / 52.196°N 3.144°W / 52.196; -3.144

New Radnor
Geography
Status	Rural district
1911 area	51,893 acres (210.00 km2)
1931 area	51,893 acres (210.00 km2)
1961 area	51,893 acres (210.00 km2)
HQ	Kington
History
Origin	Sanitary district
Created	1894
Abolished	1974
Succeeded by	Radnorshire
Demography
1901 population	2,944
1931 population	2,581
1971 population	1,753
Politics
Governance	New Radnor Rural District Council
Subdivisions
Type	Civil parishes

New Radnor was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Radnorshire, Wales.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894, when the existing Kington Rural Sanitary District was divided into two: the section in Herefordshire was reconstituted as Kington Rural District, while the section in Radnorshire became New Radnor Rural District.^[1] The new district took its name from the village of New Radnor, at one time a borough and county town of Radnorshire. The council continued to be based in Kington in Herefordshire.^[2]

The rural district comprised fifteen civil parishes:^[3]

• Colva
• Ednol
• Evenjobb
• Gladestry
• Glascwm
• Harpton and Wolfpits
• Kinnerton, Salford and Badland
• Llandeglau
• Llanfihangel Nant Melan
• Michaelchurch on Arrow
• New Radnor
• Newchurch
• Old Radnor and Burlingjobb
• Trewern and Gwailtha
• Walton and Womaston

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, which completely reorganised local administration in England and Wales. Its area became part of the District of Radnor in the new county of Powys.

References

1. ^ Census of England and Wales 1901, County Report, Radnorshire
2. ^ London Gazette: no. 33573. p. 507. 24 January 1930., London Gazette: no. 434826. p. 9396. 6 November 1964.
3. ^ "Relationships / unit history of New Radnor". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10220543&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 2009-02-10.