Chirk Rural District

Chirk was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935.

Chirk
Area
  190118,552 acres (75.1 km²)
  193118,552 acres (75.1 km²)
Population
  19014,493
  19314,878
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1935
  Succeeded byCeiriog Rural District
StatusRural District
  HQChirk

The rural district was formed from parts of Oswestry and Corwen Rural Sanitary Districts.

The district contained three civil parishes:

Chirk Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, becoming part of the new Ceiriog Rural District.

Sources

Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)

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