Place:Steyning West Rural, Sussex, England

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NameSteyning West Rural
TypeRural district
Located inSussex, England     (1894 - 1933)
Also located inWest Sussex, England    
See alsoChanctonbury Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district to which some parishes of Steyning West Rural District were transferred in 1933
Worthing Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district to which some parishes of Steyning West Rural District were transferred in 1933
Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, Englandurban district to which one parish of Steyning West Rural District was transferred in 1933

Steyning West Rural District was created in 1894 following the Local Government Act 1894. It was a local government administration designed to cover the needs of a number of rural parishes in the northwest part of Sussex.

The rural district was abolished in 1933 and most parishes were transferred to Chanctonbury Rural District, with some eastern ones going to Worthing Rural District.Worthing Municipal Borough and Shoreham by Sea Urban District also received small portions. The specific destination for each parish is given in the table below.

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List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationDestination
Ashurst chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
Botolphs parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 merged into Bramber parish in 1933
Bramber parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
Coombes parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Worthing Rural District
Edburton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 merged into Upper Beeding parish in 1933
Henfield parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
Kingston by Sea parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1910 became part of Shoreham by Sea in 1910
Lancing parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Worthing Rural District
Old Shoreham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 became part of Shoreham by Sea in 1933
Shermanbury parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
Sompting parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Worthing Rural District
Southwick parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1899 became an urban district in 1899
Steyning parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
Upper Beeding parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
Woodmancote parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1933 Chanctonbury Rural District
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