Overton Rural District

Coordinates: 53°03′50″N 2°52′19″W / 53.064°N 2.872°W / 53.064; -2.872

Overton
Area
  1911 29,750 acres (120.4 km2)
  1961 29,749 acres (120.39 km2)
Population
  1901 5,057
  1971 4,698
History
  Origin rural sanitary district
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1953
  Succeeded by Maelor Rural District
Status rural district
Government

Overton Rural District Council (18941953)
Maelor Rural District Council (19531974)

  HQ Overton
Subdivisions
  Type Civil parishes


Overton Rural District was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 which created numerous administrative areas around the country. The district was located in an exclave of Flintshire known as English Maelor, surrounded by Cheshire, Denbighshire and Shropshire.

It consisted of eleven civil parishes:

Overton Rural District was renamed Maelor Rural District in 1953.

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