Malpas was, from 1894 to 1936, a rural district

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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 the administrative county

Administrative counties of England

Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888 as the areas for which county councils were elected. Some large counties were divided into several administrative...

 of Cheshire

Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...

, England

England

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. The district was named after the village of Malpas

Malpas, Cheshire

Malpas is a large village which used to be a market town, and it is also a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish lies on the border with Shropshire and Wales...

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Creation

The district was created by 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...

 by the division of the existing Whitchurch

Whitchurch, Shropshire

Whitchurch is a market town in Shropshire, England on the border between England and Wales. It is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire. According to the 2001 Census, the population of the town is 8,673, with a more recent estimate putting the population of the town at 8,934...

 Rural Sanitary District

Sanitary district

Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures:*Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies...

 The Cheshire parishes in the sanitary district became Malpas Rural District, while the remaining area in Shropshire

Shropshire

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 became Whitchurch Rural District. It consisted of the following civil parishes:

• Agden
  Agden
  Agden may refer to:*Agden, Cheshire West and Chester, England*Agden, Cheshire East, England...
  
  
• Bickley
  Bickley, Cheshire
  Bickley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 498. The parish includes the villages of Bickley Town and Bickley Moss....
  
  
• Bradley
  Bradley, Cheshire
  Bradley is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 61. The main settlement in the parish is the village of Bradley Green....
  
  
• Chidlow
• Chorlton
• Cuddington
  Cuddington, Cheshire
  There are two civil parishes in Cheshire, England called Cuddington*Cuddington, Chester *Cuddington, Vale Royal...
  
  
• Duckington
• Edge
  Edge, Cheshire
  Edge is civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish includes Edge Hall and Edge Green....
  
  
• Hampton
  Hampton, Cheshire
  Hampton, containing the village of Hampton Heath, is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, the total population of the civil parish was 409....
  
  
• Larkton
  Larkton
  Larkton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 28.-External links:...
  
  
• Macefen
  Macefen
  Macefen is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies east of the village of Malpas and north west of Whitchurch, Salop. Part of the village of No Man's Heath lies within the northern boundary of Macefen.Macefen is...
  
  
• Malpas
  Malpas, Cheshire
  Malpas is a large village which used to be a market town, and it is also a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish lies on the border with Shropshire and Wales...
  
  
• Marbury cum Quoisley
• Newton by Malpas
  Newton by Malpas
  Newton by Malpas is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 11.-External links:...
  
  
• Norbury
  Norbury, Cheshire
  Norbury is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 190.-External links:...
  
  
• Oldcastle
  Oldcastle, Cheshire
  Oldcastle is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 54.-External links:...
  
  
• Overton
  Overton, Cheshire
  Overton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 68. It is the site of a deserted village, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, the sole remains of which are earthworks....
  
  
• Stockton
  Stockton, Cheshire
  Stockton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 21....
  
  
• Threapwood
  Threapwood
  Threapwood is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is close to the villages of Shocklach, Worthenbury and Malpas...
  
  
• Tushingham cum Grindley
• Wigland
  Wigland
  Wigland is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 104.-External links:...
  
  
• Wirswall
  Wirswall
  Wirswall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, located at SJ544441 near the Shropshire border, around 1½ miles north of Whitchurch. The historical township had an area of...
  
  
• Wychough
  Wychough
  Wychough is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 11.-External links:...
  
  

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1936 under a county review order

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....

. Its area was divided between two neighbouring rural districts. The greater part passed to Tarvin Rural District

Tarvin Rural District

Tarvin was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Cheshire, England. The district was named after the village of Tarvin, and saw considerable boundary changes throughout its life.-Creation:...

 and the remainder (Marbury cum Quoisley, Norbury and Wirswall parishes) going to Nantwich Rural District

Nantwich Rural District

Nantwich Rural District was a division of Cheshire until 1974, when it merged with the Nantwich and Crewe Urban districts to create the borough of Crewe and Nantwich....

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