Matlock was an Urban District in

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

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from 1894 to 1974. It was created under the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) 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 un ...

. The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the Ashbourne, Bakewell and

Wirksworth Wirksworth is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. Its population of 5,038 in the 2011 census was estimated at 5,180 in 2019. Wirksworth contains the source of the River Ecclesbourne. The town was granted a mar ...

Urban Districts and the Ashbourne and Bakewell Rural Districts to form the new West Derbyshire district.

The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

(SI 1972/2039)

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Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Derbyshire Urban districts of England Matlock, Derbyshire {{UK-gov-stub