Place:Derwent Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Derwent Rural District was located in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1935 to 1974.

It was created under a County Review Order in 1935, from most of the Escrick Rural District and the Riccall Rural District, and part of the Howden Rural District.

It was abolished in the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, going on to form part of the district of Selby in North Yorkshire. Several parishes in the area were transferred from Selby to the City of York in 1996.

List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

Research Tips

• A Vision of Britain through Time on Derwent Rural District. This section provides statistics on population and industry, as well as a listing of the civil parishes and the alterations to the municipal organization.
• A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.

• Ordnance Survey 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts).
• Ordnance Survey 1900 The rural districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey 1944. The rural districts after the revisions of 1935.