Place:South Molton Rural, Devon, England

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NameSouth Molton Rural
TypeRural district
Located inDevon, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoNorth Devon District, Devon, Englandmunicipal district into which the rural district was merged in 1974

South Molton Rural District was a large, entirely inland, district of Devon first formed in 1894, then containing 28 parishes. It had Barnstaple Rural District on its western border and the county of Somerset to the north and east. To the south was Crediton Rural District. It was probably the least populated of all Devon's rural districts.

South Molton, the parish at its centre, was an urban district until 1967 when it became part of the rural district. In 1974 the whole rural district became part of the North Devon District, along with

Image:South Moulton RD small.png

Parishes

No. on MapParishDescriptionDurationNotes
1 Bishops Nympton ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
2 Burrington ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
3 Charles (South Molton) ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
4 Cheldon ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
5 Chittlehamholt chapelry, civil parish 1894-1974
6 Chittlehampton ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
7 Chulmleigh ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
8 Creacombe ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
9 East Anstey ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
10 East Buckland ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
11 East Worlington ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
12 Filleigh ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
13 George Nympton ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
14 Kings Nympton ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
15 Knowstone ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
16 Mariansleigh ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
17 Meshaw ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
18 Molland ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
19 North Molton ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
20 Queensnympton civil parish 1894-1974
21 Rackenford ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
22 Romansleigh ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
23 Rose Ash ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
24 Satterleigh and Warkleigh civil parish 1894-1974
25 South Molton ancient parish, civil parish 1967-1974 formerly an urban district
26 Twitchen chapelry, civil parish 1894-1974
27 West Anstey ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
28 West Buckland ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974
29 Witheridge ancient parish, civil parish 1894-1974