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.

References

• A Vision of Britain – Newcastle-under-Lyme