Stone Rural District was a
rural district
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in
Staffordshire
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,
England
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. It was created in 1894 and abolished by virtue of the
Local Government Act 1972
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in 1974. It was originally formed of the
civil parish
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es of
Barlaston,
Chebsey,
Cold Norton,
Eccleshall
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...
,
Milwich
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Sandon,
Standon,
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Standon,
Trentham. In 1897 two new civil parishes were added, Fulford, Staffordshire">Fulford and Hilderstone">Stone Rural, Swynnerton and Trentham, Staffordshire">Trentham. In 1897 two new civil parishes were added, Fulford, Staffordshire">Fulford and Hilderstone.
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and most of Trentham were transferred to Stoke-on-Trent County Borough. In 1932 Cold Norton was abolished with two changes to the district whereby parts of Swynnerton and Trentham were transferred to Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District and parts of Stone Rural moved into Stone Urban District. In 1956 more of Stone Rural was transferred into Stone Urban District. Finally, in 1965 parts of Barlaston, Fulford and Swynnerton transferred into
. On abolition the remaining areas became part of the