Belvoir Rural District
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Belvoir was a rural district
in Leicestershire
, England
from 1894 to 1935.
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894
from the part of the Grantham Rural Sanitary District that was in Leicestershire. It was a small district, named after the village of Belvoir
and contained nine parishes:
Under the County Review Orders
of the 1930s it was merged with the Melton Rural District
to form the Melton and Belvoir Rural District
. The merger took effect in 1935.
Rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...
in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
from 1894 to 1935.
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894
Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...
from the part of the Grantham Rural Sanitary District that was in Leicestershire. It was a small district, named after the village of Belvoir
Belvoir, Leicestershire
Belvoir is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to the county boundary, the nearest town being Grantham in Lincolnshire ....
and contained nine parishes:
- BarkestoneBarkestone-le-ValeBarkestone-le-Vale is a village in the northeast of Leicestershire, England.-History:The village originated as a 7th-century settlement, and is mentioned as a parish in the 1086 Domesday Book...
- BelvoirBelvoir, LeicestershireBelvoir is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England. It is close to the county boundary, the nearest town being Grantham in Lincolnshire ....
- BottesfordBottesford, LeicestershireThis page is about the English village of Bottesford near Grantham. For the Bottesford near Scunthorpe, see Bottesford, LincolnshireBottesford is a village and civil parish within the Melton district of Leicestershire, England....
- Croxton KerrialCroxton KerrialCroxton Kerrial is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the southwest of Grantham and northeast of Melton Mowbray— west of Leicestershire's boundary with Lincolnshire...
- HarstonHarston, LeicestershireHarston is a crossroads village in Leicestershire, England.Harston is near to the border with Lincolnshire; its nearest town being Grantham in that county.-Governance:...
- Knipton
- MustonMuston, LeicestershireMuston is a village in north Leicestershire, fifteen miles east of Nottingham, 12.5 miles north of Melton Mowbray and five miles west of Grantham on the A52....
- Plungar
- RedmileRedmileRedmile is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, about north of Melton Mowbray and west of Grantham, in the Vale of Belvoir....
.
Under the County Review Orders
Local Government Act 1929
The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....
of the 1930s it was merged with the Melton Rural District
Melton Rural District
Melton was a rural district in Leicestershire, England from 1894 to 1935.It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Melton Rural Sanitary District...
to form the Melton and Belvoir Rural District
Melton and Belvoir Rural District
Melton and Belvoir Rural District was a rural district of Leicestershire, England, from 1935 to 1974.It was formed in 1935 from the merger of the Melton Mowbray Rural District and the Belvoir Rural District, with part going to Melton Mowbray urban district also.In 1974, under the Local Government...
. The merger took effect in 1935.