Place:Broadwoodwidger Rural, Devon, England

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NameBroadwoodwidger Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates50.645°N 4.38°W
Located inDevon, England     (1894 - 1966)
See alsoLaunceston Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district to which parishes were transferred in 1966
Holsworthy Rural, Devon, Englandrural district to which parishes were transferred in 1966
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Broadwoodwidger was a rural district in the administrative county of Devon from 1894 to 1966, northeast of Launceston in Cornwall. The district consisted of part of the earlier Launceston rural sanitary district which was within Devon. The remainder of the sanitary district became Launceston Rural District in Cornwall in 1894.

Part of the rural district lay west of the River Tamar and formed a salient surrounded by Cornwall on three sides. The county boundary was realigned when the rural district was abolished in 1966, with two parishes, North Petherwin and Werrington, being transferred to Cornwall with the remaining four parishes remaining in Devon and passing to the Holsworthy Rural District.

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Parishes

No. on MapParishDescriptionDurationNotes
1 Broadwoodwidger ancient parish, civil parish, civil parish 1894-1966 to Holsworthy Rural in 1966
2 North Petherwin ancient parish, civil parish, civil parish 1894-1966 to Cornwall in 1966
3 Northcott hamlet, civil parish 1894-1966 to Holsworthy Rural in 1966
4 St. Giles on the Heath ancient parish, civil parish, civil parish 1894-1966 to Holsworthy Rural in 1966
5 Virginstow ancient parish, civil parish, civil parish 1894-1966 to Holsworthy Rural in 1966
6 Werrington ancient parish, civil parish, civil parish 1894-1966 to Cornwall in 1966
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