Malpas was, from 1894 to 1936, a

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in the

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Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

, England. The district was named after the village of Malpas.

Creation

The district was created by the

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by the division of the existing

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Rural Sanitary District Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

The Cheshire parishes in the sanitary district became Malpas Rural District, while the remaining area in

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became Whitchurch Rural District. It consisted of the following civil parishes:

Abolition

The district was abolished in 1936 under a

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. Its area was divided between two neighbouring rural districts. The greater part passed to

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and the remainder (Marbury cum Quoisley, Norbury and Wirswall parishes) going to

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References

{{Reflist History of Cheshire Former districts of Cheshire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England