South Herefordshire

South Herefordshire was one of nine local government districts of the English county of Hereford and Worcester from 1974 to 1998.

South Herefordshire
Area
• 1974	223,526 acres (904.58 km^2)[1]
Population
• 1973[2]	44,370
• 1992[3]	52,900
History
• Created	1974
• Abolished	1998
• Succeeded by	Herefordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Government
• HQ	Ross-on-Wye
• Motto	Fidelis, Sapiens, Iustus (Honest, thoughtful, just)

South Herefordshire District was formed on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local administration in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972. It was formed from part of the administrative county of Herefordshire, and was an amalgamation of four local authorities: Ross-on-Wye urban district, Dore and Bredwardine Rural District, Hereford Rural District and Ross and Whitchurch Rural District.[1][4] The district entirely surrounded the district of Hereford.

Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England, both the County of Hereford and Worcester and the seven districts within it were abolished on 1 April 1998. South Herefordshire was combined with the areas of City of Hereford, most of the District of Leominster, and part of the District of Malvern Hills to form a new unitary County of Herefordshire District: usually referred to simply as Herefordshire.[5]

Parishes

The district comprised the following civil parishes:.[6]

Abbey Dore Aconbury Allensmore Aston Ingham Bacton Ballingham Bartestree Bolstone Brampton Abbotts Bredwardine Breinton Bridstow Brockhampton Burghill Callow Clehonger Clifford Craswall Credenhill Cusop Dewsall Dinedor Dinmore Dormington Dorstone Dulas Eaton Bishop Ewyas Harold Fownhope Foy Ganarew Garway Goodrich Grafton Hampton Bishop

Harewood Haywood Hentland Holme Lacy Holmer and Pipe Hope Mansell How Caple Kenchester Kenderchurch Kentchurch and Kilpeck Kings Caple Kingstone Lea Linton Little Birch Little Dewchurch Llancillo Llandinabo Llangarron Llanrothal Llanveynoe Llanwarne Longtown Lower Bullingham Lugwardine Lyde Madley Marden Marstow Michaelchurch Escley Mordiford Moreton-on-Lugg Much Birch Much Dewchurch Newton

Orcop Pencoyd Peterchurch Peterstow Preston Wynne Ross-on-Wye (Town) Ross Rural Rowlstone St Devereux St Margarets St Weonards Sellack Sollers Hope Stoke Edith Stretton Sugwas Sutton Thruxton Tretire with Michaelchurch Treville Turnastone Tyberton Upton Bishop Vowchurch Walford Walterstone Wellington Welsh Bicknor Welsh Newton Westhide Weston Beggard Weston-under-Penyard Whitchurch Withington Wormbridge Yatton

References

1. Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 55. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
2. Registrar General's annual estimated figure mid 1973
3. OPCS Key Population and Vital Statistics 1992
4. The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972
5. "The Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996". Office of Public Sector Information. 1996. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
6. "The District of South Herefordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991". Office of Public Sector Information. 1996. Retrieved 13 January 2009.