Place:Mere Rural, Wiltshire, England

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NameMere Rural
TypeRural district
Located inWiltshire, England     (1894 - 1934)
See alsoMere and Tisbury Rural, Wiltshire, Englandrural district, 1894 - 1974
Salisbury 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.

Mere Rural District was in the southwestern corner of the Wiltshire bordering the counties of Dorset and Somerset. Tisbury Rural District was to the southeast and Marlborough Rural District was to the north. Mere Rural District existed from 1894 until 1934 when it became part of the Mere and Tisbury Rural District.

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List of Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationDestination
East Knoyle parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Kilmington parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Kingston Deverill parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Maiden Bradley with Yarnfield parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Mere parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Monkton Deverill chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Sedgehill chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Stourton with Gasper parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
West Knoyle parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1934
Zeals chapelry, civil parish 1896 - 1934
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