Belvoir Rural District

Coordinates: 52°56′N 0°48′W / 52.93°N 0.80°W / 52.93; -0.80
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Belvoir was a rural district in Leicestershire, England from 1894 to 1935.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Grantham Rural Sanitary District that was in Leicestershire. It was a small district, named after the village of Belvoir and contained nine parishes:

Under the County Review Orders of the 1930s it was merged with the Melton Rural District to form the Melton and Belvoir Rural District. The merger took effect in 1935.

References[edit]

  • "Belvoir RD Leicestershire through time | Local history overview for the Local Government District". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2006.

52°56′N 0°48′W / 52.93°N 0.80°W / 52.93; -0.80