Place:Bradford on Avon Rural, Wiltshire, England

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NameBradford on Avon Rural
TypeRural district
Located inWiltshire, England     (1894 - 1934)
See alsoBradford and Melksham Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1934 - 1974
West Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englanddistrict municipality 1974-2009
Wiltshire District, Wiltshire, Englandunitary authority since 2009

This Ordnance Survey map of 1900 from A Vision of Britain through Time locates all the original rural districts established in Wiltshire in 1894. In 1934 there were a number of mergers of neighbouring districts.

Bradford on Avon Rural District was on the western side of Wiltshire with Somerset across the county border. To the south was the rural district of Westbury and Whorwellsdown, to the east that of Melksham, and to the north that of Chippenham. Bradford on Avon Rural District existed from 1894 until 1934 when it became part of Bradford and Melksham Rural District.

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List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationDestination
Atworth chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Bradford Without civil parish 1894 - 1934
Broughton Gifford parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Holt chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Limpley Stoke extra parochial area, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Monkton Farleigh parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
South Wraxall chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Westwood chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Wingfield parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Winsley chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
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