Nidderdale Rural District | |
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Area | |
• 1951 | 75,009 acres (303.55 km2)[1] |
Population | |
• 1939 | 13,432 |
• 1961 | 14,742[2] |
History | |
• Origin | Great Ouseburn Rural District, Knaresborough Rural District |
• Created | 1938 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Borough of Harrogate |
Status | |
Nidderdale was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1938 to 1974. It was created from the combination of most of the disbanded rural districts of Great Ouseburn and Knaresborough. [1]
The district covered villages in the lower valley of the River Nidd between Hampsthwaite and York. Despite its name it included only a small part of Nidderdale, most of which was in Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District. It bordered Harrogate and Knaresborough urban districts on their west, north and east.[3]
Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray, the premier baron, served on the district council from 1954 until 1959.[4]
In 1974 it was merged with other districts under the Local Government Act 1972 to form part of the district of Harrogate in the new county of North Yorkshire.