Place:Shepton Mallet Rural, Somerset, England

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NameShepton Mallet Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates51.193°N 2.546°W
Located inSomerset, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoMendip District, Somerset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Shepton Mallet Rural District was located in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 to perform local administration activities for parishes very much in the centre of the county.

The rural district covered an area of approximately 47,000 acres (19,020 hectares or 73.44 sq mi) and had a population of 10,183 in 1911 and 9,823 in 1961. The parishes in the northern part of the district were in the Somerset Coalfiedl, but the southern parishes were in an area more dependent on agriculture.

The urban district of Shepton Mallet was located within the geographical boundaries of the rural district, but was administered separately. To the north were two other urban districts: Radstock and Midsomer Norton.

In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 when its parishes became part of the non-metropolitan Mendip District.

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List of Parishes

No. on MapParishDescriptionDurationNotes
1 Ashwick chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
2 Batcombe ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
3 Binegar ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
4 Cranmore civil parish 1933 - 1974 formed from East Cranmore and West Cranmore in 1933
5 Croscombe ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
6 Ditcheat ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
7 Doulting ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
8 Downhead chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
9 East Cranmore chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1933 became part of Cranmore in 1933
10 East Lydford ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1933 became part of Lydford in 1933
11 East Pennard ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
12 Emborough chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
13 Evercreech ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
14 Holcombe ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
15 Hornblotton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1933 became part of West Bradley in 1933
16 Lamyat ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
17 Lydford on Fosse civil parish 1933 - 1974 formed from East Lydford and West Lydford in 1933
18 Milton Clevedon ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
19 Pilton ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
20 Pylle ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
21 Stoke St. Michael chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
22 Stratton on the Fosse ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
23 Upton Noble chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1933
24 West Bradley ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1974
25 West Cranmore chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974 became part of Cranmore in 1933
26 West Lydford ancient parish, civil parish 1894 - 1933 became part of Lydford in 1933

Research Tips

  • The Somerset Heritage Centre (incorporating what was formerly the Somerset Record Office and the Somerset Local Studies Library) can be found at its new location at Langford Mead in Taunton. It has an online search facility leading to pages of interest, including maps from the First and Second Ordnance Survey (select "Maps and Postcards" from the list at the left, then enter the parish in the search box).
    The Heritage Centre has an email address: archives@somerset.gov.uk.
  • Three maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrate the changes in political boundaries over the period 1830-1945. All have expanding scales and on the second and third this facility is sufficient that individual parishes can be inspected.
  • Somerset Hundreds as drawn in 1832. This map was prepared before The Great Reform Act of that year. Note the polling places and representation of the various parts of the county.
  • Somerset in 1900, an Ordnance Survey map showing rural districts, the boundaries of the larger towns, the smaller civil parishes of the time, and some hamlets and villages in each parish
  • Somerset in 1943, an Ordnance Survey map showing the rural districts after the changes to their structure in the 1930s
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