Place:Mere and Tisbury Rural, Wiltshire, England

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NameMere and Tisbury Rural
TypeRural district
Located inWiltshire, England     (1934 - 1974)
See alsoMere Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1934
Tisbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1934
Salisbury District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality 1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority since 2009

This Ordnance Survey map of 1944 from A Vision of Britain through Time locates the rural districts in existence in Wiltshire between 1934 and 1974.

Mere and Tisbury Rural District was a merger of the earlier rural districts of Mere Rural District and Tisbury Rural District. The rural district was in the southwestern corner of Wiltshire with Somerset and Dorset across the county borders to the west and south. To the north was the rural district of Warminster and Westbury, and to the east that of Salisbury and Wilton. Mere and Tisbury Rural District existed from 1934 until 1974 when it became part of the Salisbury District.

List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationDestination
Alvediston chapelry, civil parish 1934 - 1974
Ansty parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Berwick St. John parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Berwick St. Leonard parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Chicklade parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Chilmark parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Donhead St. Andrew parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Donhead St. Mary parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
East Knoyle parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Fonthill Bishop parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Fonthill Gifford parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Hindon chapelry, civil parish 1934 - 1974
Kilmington parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Mere parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Sedgehill chapelry, civil parish 1934 - 1974
Semley parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Stourton with Gasper parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Sutton Mandeville parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Swallowcliffe parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
Teffont civil parish 1934 - 1974
Tisbury civil parish 1934 - 1974
Tollard Royal parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
West Knoyle parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974
West Tisbury civil parish 1934 - 1974
Zeals chapelry, civil parish 1934 - 1974