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West Penwith Rural District was a rural district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, from 1894 to 1974. It was enlarged in 1934 by the abolition of Hayle , Ludgvan , Madron , Paul , and Phillack urban districts , and also took in part of the disbanded Redruth Rural District .
Municipal boroughs existed from 1835 and urban and rural districts existed from 1894 as the middle level of local government.Urban and rural districts were created through the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) to provide administration as a subdivision of administrative counties; civil parishes within the districts formed the lowest level of local government.
However, following the introduction of unitary authorities in 2009, Penwith District Council was abolished and, by 2010, the St Just in Penwith Town Council had relocated to new offices at No.1 Chapel Street, also known as "Bank House". [10] [11] Since then, the old town hall has been managed by St Just Community ABC as a community venue. [12]
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Redruth Rural District was a local government division of Cornwall in England, UK, between 1894 and Established under the Local Government Act 1894 , the rural district was abolished in 1934 to create Camborne–Redruth Urban District and Kerrier Rural District , as well as enlarging Truro Rural District and West Penwith Rural District .
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