West Lancashire Rural District

West Lancashire was a rural district from 1894 to 1974 in Lancashire, England. It was created with other rural districts in 1894, based on the Ormskirk rural sanitary district. It was expanded in 1932 by the abolition of the Sefton Rural District.

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and the area was divided as follows:

• The parishes of Aintree, Ince Blundell, Maghull, Melling, Netherton, Sefton and Thornton, most of the parish of Lydiate, and Little Altcar from the parish of Altcar, became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside.
• The parish of Simonswood became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside.
• The remainder of the former rural district became part of the new district of West Lancashire in Lancashire.

References

1. West Lancashire
2. Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
3. Huyton with Roby Urban District
4. Civil parishes in Lancashire
5. Metropolitan Borough of Sefton
6. Lancashire
7. Civil parishes in Merseyside
8. Aughton, Lancashire
9. Sefton Rural District
10. City of Preston, Lancashire
11. Fulwood, Lancashire
12. Borough of Fylde
13. Preston, Lancashire
14. Fylde Rural District
15. John Moores (British businessman)
16. Halewood
17. Waddington, Lancashire
18. Kirkby Urban District
19. Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)
20. Sawley, Lancashire