Chorley Rural District

Chorley Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974.

Chorley Rural District
Area
• 1911	39,988
• 1961	41,117
Population
• 1901	19,310
• 1961	28,567
History
• Origin	Sanitary district
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Borough of Chorley
Status	Rural district
Government
• Motto	Latin: SPECTEMUR AGENDO (Let us be judged by our deeds)[1]

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Chorley Rural Sanitary District.^[2][3] It comprised an area surrounding but did not include the Municipal Borough of Chorley.^[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, the rural district was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the non-metropolitan Borough of Chorley.

Parishes

The district consisted of twenty-two civil parishes:^[2]

• Anderton
• Anglezarke
• Bretherton
• Brindle
• Charnock Richard
• Clayton-le-Woods
• Coppull
• Croston (from 1934)^[4]
• Cuerdon
• Duxbury (until 1934)^[5]
• Eccleston
• Euxton
• Heapey
• Heath Charnock
• Heskin
• Hoghton
• Mawdesley
• Rivington
• Ulnes Walton
• Welch Whittle (until 1934)^[6]
• Wheelton
• Whittle-le-Woods