Malpas Rural District

Coordinates: 53°01′08″N 2°45′50″W / 53.019°N 2.764°W / 53.019; -2.764

Malpas
Geography
Status	Rural district
1911 area	21,406 acres (86.63 km2)
1931 area	21,405 acres (86.62 km2)
HQ	Malpas
History
Origin	Sanitary district
Created	1894
Abolished	1936
Succeeded by	Nantwich Rural District, Tarvin Rural District
Demography
1901 population	4,488
1931 population	4,283
Politics
Governance	Malpas Rural District Council
Subdivisions
Type	Civil parishes

Malpas was, from 1894 to 1936, a rural district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England. The district was named after the village of Malpas.^[1]

Creation

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 by the division of the existing Whitchurch Rural Sanitary District The Cheshire parishes in the sanitary district became Malpas Rural District, while the remaining area in Shropshire became Whitchurch Rural District. It consisted of the following civil parishes:^[2]

• Agden
• Bickley
• Bradley
• Chidlow
• Chorlton
• Cuddington
• Duckington
• Edge
• Hampton
• Larkton
• Macefen
• Malpas
• Marbury cum Quoisley
• Newton by Malpas
• Norbury
• Oldcastle
• Overton
• Stockton
• Threapwood
• Tushingham cum Grindley
• Wigland
• Wirswall
• Wychough

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1936 under a county review order. Its area was divided between two neighbouring rural districts. The greater part passed to Tarvin Rural District and the remainder (Marbury cum Quoisley, Norbury and Wirswall parishes) going to Nantwich Rural District.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Relationships / unit history of Malpas RD". Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10003374. Retrieved 2009-03-08. 
2. ^ Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. II Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0861931270.