Chapel en le Frith was a

rural district A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. I ...

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, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the town of

Chapel-en-le-Frith Chapel-en-le-Frith () is a town and civil parish, in the Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England. It has been dubbed the "Capital of the Peak", in reference to the Peak District, historically the highland areas between the Saxon lands (below ...

and 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 leve ...

. It was enlarged to over in 1934 when

Glossop Dale Rural District Glossop is a market town in the borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, England, east of Manchester, north-west of Sheffield and north of Matlock. Near Derbyshire's borders with Cheshire, Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, b ...

and

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were abolished and amalgamated into the district. The district was abolished in 1974 under the

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and combined with various other local government districts in northern Derbyshire to form the new High Peak district. The Rural District Council used a complex of offices at

Chinley Chinley is a rural village in the High Peak Borough of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 2,796 at the 2011 Census. Most of the civil parish (called Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside) is within the Peak District National Park. Historical ...

, which had been built in 1902 as an isolation hospital and had been bought by the rural district council in 1953 and converted to become its offices.

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inherited the site in 1974 and used the buildings as its main offices and meeting place until 2010.

References

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