The current local government district was formed on April 1, 1998 by the merger of part of the 1974 districts of Malvern Hills and Leominster. The remainder of these districts went to Herefordshire.
External links
Brief history (and images) at the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/features/malverns/new_malverns_history.shtml)
The District of MalvernHills (Electoral Changes)Order 2002
The Electoral Registration Officer[7] for the district shall make such rearrangement of, or adaptation of, the register of local government electors as may be necessary for the purposes of, and in consequence of, this Order.
The parishes of Earl's Croome, Hill Croome and Ripple