New Mills Urban District

For the town, see New Mills.
New Mills
Area
  1911 5,204 acres (21.06 km2)
  1961 5,244 acres (21.22 km2)
Population
  1911 8,998
  1961 8,514
History
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by High Peak
Status Urban District
Government

New Mills Urban District Council

  HQ New Mills

New Mills was an Urban District in Derbyshire, England from 1894 to 1974.[1][2] It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the Buxton and Glossop Municipal Boroughs, the Whaley Bridge Urban District and the Chapel en le Frith and Tintwistle Rural Districts to form the new High Peak district.[3]

References

  1. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, New Mills Urban District. Retrieved on 2016-06-05.
  2. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991
  3. The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039)

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