Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District

Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District
Area
  1901 20,005 acres (80.96 km2)
  1961 40,017 acres (161.94 km2)
Population
  1901 6,513
  1971 20,691
History
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Status Rural district

Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District was a rural district in the county of Staffordshire. It was formed in 1894 with the civil parishes of Ashley, Audley Rural, Balterley, Betley, Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Clayton, Keele, Madeley, Maer, Mucklestone, Tyrley and Whitmore. It was abolished in 1974, by virtue of the Local Government Act 1972, when it was absorbed into the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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Coordinates: 52°58′N 2°20′W / 52.96°N 2.34°W / 52.96; -2.34

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