Narberth Rural District
{{Short description|History of Pembrokeshire}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
{{infobox historic subdivision|
|Name= Narberth Rural District
|subdivision_type= Rural district
|HQ= Narberth
|Start= 28 December 1894
|End= 31 March 1974
|Replace= South Pembrokeshire
|Image=
|PopulationFirst= 11,037
|PopulationLast= 10,095
|PopulationFirstYear= 1901
|PopulationLastYear= 1971{{cite web |title=Narberth Rural District |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10194404 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=3 August 2022}}
| membership_title1 = County Council
| membership1 = Pembrokeshire
}}
Narberth Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Pembrokeshire, Wales from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the east of the county.
Origins
The district had its origins in the Narberth Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1837, covering Narberth itself and a large surrounding rural area. A workhouse to serve the union was built about a mile south of the town of Narberth in 1838–9, in the parish of Narberth South. The building later became known as Allenbank. In 1872 sanitary districts were established, giving public health and local government responsibilities to the existing boards of guardians for the rural parts of their poor law unions that were not already covered by an urban authority. As there were no urban authorities within the Narberth Poor Law Union, the Narberth Rural Sanitary District covered the same area.{{cite web |url=https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Narberth/ |title=Narberth Workhouse |last=Higginbotham |first=Peter |website=The Workhouse |access-date=3 August 2022}}
Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894.
The town of Narberth was removed from Narberth Rural District in 1902 to become its own urban district.{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Local Government Board |date=1902 |publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |page=296 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUswAQAAMAAJ&q=Narberth+Urban+District |access-date=2 August 2022 |quote=The County of Pembroke (Narberth) Confirmation Order 1902}}
Premises
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In its early years the council was based at the Allenbank workhouse.{{cite news |title=Narberth Rural District Council |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4360005/4360008/3/Narberth%20Rural%20District |access-date=3 August 2022 |work=The Welshman |date=20 May 1910 |location=Carmarthen |page=2}} In 1953 the council bought Bloomfield House on Northfield Road in Narberth to serve as its headquarters, and was based there until the council's abolition in 1974.{{cite web |title=Bloomfield House, Narberth |url=http://pembrokeshirehalls.org.uk/bloomfield-house-narberth/#:~:text=Bloomfield%20House%20was%20built%20as,and%20used%20by%20local%20government. |website=Pembrokeshire Community Venues |access-date=3 August 2022}}{{cite journal |title=County of Pembroke Development Plan |journal=London Gazette |date=5 December 1958 |issue=41566 |page=7446 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41566/page/7446 |access-date=3 August 2022}}
Abolition
Narberth Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, merging with other nearby districts to become South Pembrokeshire.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|year=1972|chapter=70|act=Local Government Act 1972|accessdate=31 July 2022}}{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Districts in Wales (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|num=34|accessdate=31 July 2022}}
References
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