Penrith Rural District
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Penrith was a rural district
within the administrative county
of Cumberland
, England that existed from 1894 to 1974 with slight boundary changes in 1934.
The district largely corresponded to the ancient Leath
Ward of Cumberland but excluding the parishes of Penrith
and Alston with Garrigill
. The area had been a rural sanitary district prior to the Local Government Act 1894
. Penrith itself was covered by Penrith Urban District, which the Rural District surrounded on the west, north and east.
The council was based at offices known as Mansion House in Penrith now used by its successor authority Eden District Council
.
Within the district's boundaries was a small part of the Lake District
National Park
.
The district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
on 1 April 1974, being merged with other districts to form the Eden
district.
At its demise in 1974 the district was divided into the civil parish
es of:
The name Penrith Rural was resurrected as a new electoral division of Cumbria
in the 1990s but does not include any of the area once administered by the Penrith RDC and does in fact cover an area of the ancient county of Westmorland
.
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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...
within the administrative county
Administrative counties of England
Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888 as the areas for which county councils were elected. Some large counties were divided into several administrative...
of Cumberland
Cumberland
Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
, England that existed from 1894 to 1974 with slight boundary changes in 1934.
The district largely corresponded to the ancient Leath
Leath
Leath was one of the wards of the ancient county of Cumberland in north west England. Cumberland unlike most other English counties was divided into wards rather than hundreds....
Ward of Cumberland but excluding the parishes of Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....
and Alston with Garrigill
Alston Moor
Alston Moor is an area of moorland and civil parish in Cumbria, England, based around the small town of Alston. The parish had a population of 2,156 at the 2001 census. As well as the town of Alston, the parish includes the villages of Garrigill and Nenthead, along with the hamlets of Nenthall,...
. The area had been a rural sanitary district prior to 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...
. Penrith itself was covered by Penrith Urban District, which the Rural District surrounded on the west, north and east.
The council was based at offices known as Mansion House in Penrith now used by its successor authority Eden District Council
Eden, Cumbria
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....
.
Within the district's boundaries was a small part of the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
National Park
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
.
The district was abolished by 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....
on 1 April 1974, being merged with other districts to form the Eden
Eden, Cumbria
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....
district.
At its demise in 1974 the district was divided into the 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 of:
- AinstableAinstableAinstable is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Cumbria. The parish stretches from the banks of the River Eden to the summits of the North Pennines where it borders Northumberland and includes the villages of Croglin and Newbiggin as well as the hamlets of Dale, Walmersyke,...
- Castle SowerbyCastle SowerbyCastle Sowerby is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 337, and includes the hamlets of How Hill, Millhouse, Newlands, Sour Nook, Southernby and Sowerby Row....
- CatterlenCatterlenCatterlen is a small village and civil parish north west of Penrith, Cumbria.The village is a linear one with the B5305 road dividing it into two...
(including Newton Reigny) - CulgaithCulgaithCulgaith is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It is located on the River Eden between Temple Sowerby and Langwathby. Amenties include All Saints Church, and its associated primary school, as well as a pub and garden centre...
(including Kirkland, Skirwirth and Blencarn) - DacreDacre, CumbriaDacre is a small village and civil parish in the Lake District National Park in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, and was historically in Cumberland...
- GlassonbyGlassonbyGlassonby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden Valley of Cumbria, England, about south south east of Kirkoswald.There is a methodist church and a microlight flying centre in the village....
(including Gamblesby) - Great SalkeldGreat SalkeldGreat Salkeld is a small village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith.The village is believed to have been connected at one time by a bridge over the River Eden to Little Salkeld...
- GreystokeGreystoke, CumbriaGreystoke is a village and civil parish on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England, about west of Penrith. The village centres on a green surrounded by stone houses and cottages.-Buildings:...
- HesketHesket, CumbriaHesket is a large civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria, England. It was formed in 1934 by a County Review Order which merged the civil parishes of Hesket in the Forest and Plumpton Wall.-Villages in the parish:...
(formerly Hesket-in-the-Forest and PlumptonPlumpton, CumbriaPlumpton is a small village about north of Penrith, Cumbria.The village is made up of the former separate hamlets of Salkeld Gate and Brockleymoor and consists mainly of houses along a minor road connecting the A6 to the B5305 near Skelton and also a few houses and farms along the A6 itself.Close...
parishes) - HunsonbyHunsonbyHunsonby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Eden Valley in the English county of Cumbria, about east of Penrith. Hunsonby more or less forms a combined settlement with Winskill.- Hunsonby Civil Parish :...
(formerly Hunsonby & Winskill and Little SalkeldLittle SalkeldLittle Salkeld is a small village within the Eden district of Cumbria, England, a few miles to the north east of Penrith and within the parish of Hunsonby.-History:The manor at Little Salkeld was confirmed by King Edward I in 1292...
parishes) - HuttonHutton, CumbriaHutton is a small civil parish about west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. The parish contains the small mansion and former pele tower of Hutton John, the seat of the Huddleston family....
- KirkoswaldKirkoswald, CumbriaThe village, civil parish and former market town of Kirkoswald lies in the Lower Eden Valley of Cumbria, formerly Cumberland, about from Penrith. The village is usually referred to locally as KO....
(now Kirkoswald and Renwick) - LangwathbyLangwathbyLangwathby is a village and civil parish in northern Cumbria, England. It is situated about north east of Penrith on the A686 road. The village lies on the banks of the River Eden....
(including Edenhall) - LazonbyLazonbyLazonby is a village and civil parish in the Lower Eden Valley of Cumbria about north north east of Penrith.The total population of the ward of Lazonby, which also includes the nearby villages of North Dykes, Great Salkeld and Salkeld Dykes, was 1,425 at the time of the 2001 UK Census...
- MatterdaleMatterdaleMatterdale is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It has a population of 526....
- MungrisdaleMungrisdaleMungrisdale is a small village and civil parish in the north east of the English Lake District in Cumbria. It is also the name of the valley in which the village sits....
- Ousby (now Ousby and Melmerby)
- SkeltonSkelton, CumbriaSkelton is a small village and civil parish about north west of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria. It is on the former route of the B5305 road, which is now about to the north....
- ThrelkeldThrelkeldThrelkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It lies at the southern foot of Blencathra, one of the more prominent fells in the northern Lake District, and to the north of the River Glenderamackin.Historically a part of...
The name Penrith Rural was resurrected as a new electoral division of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
in the 1990s but does not include any of the area once administered by the Penrith RDC and does in fact cover an area of the ancient county of Westmorland
Westmorland
Westmorland is an area of North West England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974, after which the entirety of the county was absorbed into the new county of Cumbria.-Early history:...
.