Chirk Rural District

Chirk
Area
  1901 18,552 acres (75.1 km²)
  1931 18,552 acres (75.1 km²)
Population
  1901 4,493
  1931 4,878
History
  Created 1894
  Abolished 1935
  Succeeded by Ceiriog Rural District
Status Rural District
  HQ Chirk

Chirk was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1894 to 1935.

The rural district was formed from parts of Oswestry and Corwen Rural Sanitary Districts.

The district contained three civil parishes:

Chirk Rural District was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, becoming part of the new Ceiriog Rural District.

Sources

Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)

Coordinates: 52°56′N 3°02′W / 52.93°N 3.04°W / 52.93; -3.04

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