Bowland was a rural district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the Forest of Bowland, which it included. In local government on the British Isles, a rural district was a predominantly rural area used for local government. ... The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ... The Hills in the Forest of Bowland The area known as the Forest of Bowland occupies most of the north east of the county of Lancashire in England. ...
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Clitheroerural sanitary district which was in Yorkshire (the rest becoming the Clitheroe Rural District in Lancashire). The Local Government Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. ... Map sources for Clitheroe at grid reference SD745415 Arms of Clitheroe Town Council Clitheroe is a small town in Lancashire, England. ... Sanitary Districts were established in England and Wales in 1875 and in Ireland in 1878. ... Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was united with the Clitheroe Rural District (and some other territory), as part of the Ribble Valley district in the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. ... A shire county or non-metropolitan county in England, is a county level entity which is not a metropolitan county. ... Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
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