Clun and Bishop's Castle was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 from 1894 to 1974.

It was created by the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 as the Clun Rural District, based on the Clun

Clun

Clun is a small town in Shropshire, England. The town is located entirely in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2001 census recorded 642 people living in the town...

 rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

 by taking in the disbanded Chirbury Rural District

Chirbury Rural District

Chirbury was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Montgomery rural sanitary district which was in Shropshire , the Welsh part forming Forden Rural District in Montgomeryshire)...

 and Teme Rural District.

1967 saw the district renamed 'Clun and Bishop's Castle', when it absorbed the municipal borough

Municipal borough

Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002...

 of Bishop's Castle

Bishop's Castle

Bishop's Castle is a small market town in Shropshire, England, and formerly its smallest borough. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,630. Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales-England border, about north-west of Ludlow and about south-west of Shrewsbury. To the south is Clun...

. Bishop's Castle became a rural borough within the rural district.

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, and was merged to form part of the South Shropshire

South Shropshire

South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England.South Shropshire was the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district was 40,410 in 2001 spread out over 1,027 km² of forest, mountains,...

 district.

Civil parishes

The rural district contained the following civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es:

• Bedstone
  Bedstone
  Bedstone is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the borders of Herefordshire and Wales.The village is approximately 1½ miles from the railway stations at Hopton Heath and Bucknell and is situated just off the B4367 road.- Norman Origin :Its church dates back to...
  
   (from 1934)†
• Bettwys y Crwyn
  Bettws-y-Crwyn
  This article is about the place in Shropshire. For other places called Betws or Bettws see Bettws.Bettws-y-Crwyn is a small, remote village and civil parish in south west Shropshire, England. It is close to the Welsh border, and is one of a few English villages to have a Welsh language placename,...
  
   (from 1934)†
• Bishop's Castle (Rural Borough) (from 1967)
• Bishop's Castle Rural (until 1934) The parish was abolished, partly to create Colebatch CP, remainder absorbed by Lydham CP
• Brompton
  Brompton, Shropshire
  Brompton is a small hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies on the A489 between Church Stoke, Powys and Newtown, Powys, at its junction with the B4385. The village is notable for the fact that it is impossible to reach any other settlement in England by road without first passing through Wales...
  
   and Rhiston (from 1934)‡
• Bucknell
  Bucknell, Shropshire
  Bucknell is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The village lies on the River Redlake, within 600 metres of the River Teme and close to the borders with Wales and Herefordshire...
  
   (from 1934)†
• Chirbury
  Chirbury
  Chirbury is a village in Shropshire, England, situated close to the Wales-England border. It is about 3 miles east of Montgomery and 7 miles south of Welshpool, at the junction of the A490 and B4386 roads...
  
   (from 1934)‡
• Clun
  Clun
  Clun is a small town in Shropshire, England. The town is located entirely in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The 2001 census recorded 642 people living in the town...
  
  
• Clunbury
  Clunbury
  Clunbury is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, near to the small town of Clun and the villages of Purslow and Aston on Clun. In the village is the Norman church of St...
  
  
• Clungunford
  Clungunford
  Clungunford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, located near the border with Herefordshire.The name comes from the fact that this part of the Clun area was owned by the Saxon Lord Gunward and so was called "Clun Gunward". The River Clun here was forded and the name became...
  
  
• Colebatch
  Colebatch
  Colebatch may refer to:* Colebatch, a village in Shropshire, England* Hal Colebatch, former Premier of Western Australia* his son Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch, Australian author and journalist* also H.K...
  
   (created 1934 from part of Bishop's Castle Rural CP)
• Edgton
  Edgton
  Edgton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.It lies in a rather remote and very rural area, south of the River Onny. The nearest market towns are Bishop's Castle, Craven Arms, Clun and Church Stretton, while the village of Lydbury North lies a few miles to the west.Instead of...
  
  
• Hopesay
  Hopesay
  Hopesay is a small village, and parish, in Shropshire, England.The name 'Hopesay' derives from "Hope de Say", the valley of Picot de Say, a Norman baron who held the manor of neighbouring Sibdon Carwood and whose power base was the nearby Clun Castle...
  
  
• Hopton Castle
  Hopton Castle
  Hopton Castle is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.The village grew up near to the keep of Hopton Castle, which was opened as a visitor attraction in 2011. Nearby is the hamlet of Hopton Heath, with its small station on the Heart of Wales Line...
  
  
• Llanfair Waterdine
  Llanfair Waterdine
  Llanfair Waterdine, sometimes written as Llanvair Waterdine interpreted as Saint Mary's Waterdine, is a small village and parish in Shropshire, England, on the north side of the Teme valley and just a few hundred metres from the modern Wales-England border.-Place name:"Llanfair" is a typical Welsh...
  
   (from 1934)†
• Lydbury North
  Lydbury North
  Lydbury North is a village and a geographically large parish in Shropshire, England. It is locally called Lydbury and there is no settlement of "Lydbury South"....
  
  
• Lydham
  Lydham
  Lydham is a small village in Shropshire, England about 2 miles north of Bishops Castle.Lydham is the crossing point of the A488 and the A489.- History :...
  
  
• Mainstone
  Mainstone
  Mainstone is a small village and parish in Shropshire, England, near the border with Powys, Wales. It lies in the Clun Forest, a large remote and very rural area which is semi-forested and rather hilly....
  
  
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• Myndtown
  Myndtown
  Myndtown is a small village and civil parish in rural Shropshire, around 5 miles to the north-east of Bishop's Castle....
  
  
• Norbury
• Ratlinghope
  Ratlinghope
  Ratlinghope is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated four miles west from Church Stretton and twelve miles south from Shrewsbury.Historically it is located in the hundred of Purslow...
  
  
• Shelve
• Stowe
  Stowe, Shropshire
  Stowe or Stow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.The parish has a border with Wales and the Welsh town of Knighton is less than two miles to the southwest...
  
   (from 1934)†
• Wentnor
• Worthen
  Worthen
  Worthen is a village in Shropshire, England approximately 13 miles west of Shrewsbury. The village forms part of the Worthen with Shelve civil parish, which includes the hamlet of Little Worthen immediately to the north-east and the villages of Brockton and Pennerley, in addition to several smaller...
  
  (from 1934)‡

†Previously in Teme Rural District

‡Previously in Chirbury Rural District