Nidderdale Rural District

Nidderdale Rural District
Area
 • 195175,009 acres (303.55 km2)[1]
Population
 • 193913,432
 • 196114,742[2]
History
 • OriginGreat Ouseburn Rural District, Knaresborough Rural District
 • Created1938
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byBorough of Harrogate
Status

Nidderdale was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1938 to 1974. It was created from the combination of most of the disbanded rural districts of Great Ouseburn and Knaresborough. [1]

The district covered villages in the lower valley of the River Nidd between Hampsthwaite and York. Despite its name it included only a small part of Nidderdale, most of which was in Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District. It bordered Harrogate and Knaresborough urban districts on their west, north and east.[3]

Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray, the premier baron, served on the district council from 1954 until 1959.[4]

In 1974 it was merged with other districts under the Local Government Act 1972 to form part of the district of Harrogate in the new county of North Yorkshire.

References

  1. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Nidderdale RD. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Nidderdale RD. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ Vision of Britain: Boundary Map of Nidderdale RD
  4. ^ "Lord Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton". Yorkshire Post. 23 December 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

54°00′32″N 1°28′08″W / 54.009°N 1.469°W / 54.009; -1.469


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