preston, rural, district, preston, rural, district, lancashire, england, from, 1894, 1974, surrounded, preston, north, west, east, district, created, under, local, government, 1894, abolished, 1974, under, local, government, 1972, area, split, between, distric. 53 45 29 N 2 42 11 W 53 758 N 2 703 W 53 758 2 703 Preston was a rural district in Lancashire England from 1894 to 1974 It surrounded Preston to the north west and east The district was created under the Local Government Act 1894 It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and its area split between the new districts of South Ribble Preston and Ribble Valley It contained the following parishes 1 Barton Broughton Elston until 1934 when merged into Grimsargh 2 Goosnargh Grimsargh with Brockholes until 1934 when merged into Grimsargh Grimsargh from 1934 Haighton Lea Ashton Ingol and Cottam until 1934 when split into Lea Fulwood Urban District and the County Borough of Preston 3 Lea from 1934 Whittingham and Woodplumpton which were all transferred to the Borough of Preston in 1974 Dutton Hothersall and Ribchester which were all transferred to Ribble Valley in 1974 Cuerdale Farington Howick until 1934 when merged into Penwortham 4 Hutton The Holme until merged into Penwortham Little Hoole Longton Much Hoole Penwortham and Samlesbury which were all transferred to South Ribble in 1974 Ribbleton until 1934 when absorbed into the County Borough of Preston 5 References edit Preston RD Vision of Britain retrieved 9 June 2014 Elston CP Tn Vision of Britain retrieved 9 June 2014 Lea Ashton Ingol and Cottam Tn CP Vision of Britain retrieved 9 June 2014 Howick CP Tn Vision of Britain retrieved 9 June 2014 Ribbleton Tn CP Vision of Britain retrieved 9 June 2014 nbsp This Lancashire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Preston Rural District amp oldid 1172416389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
