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Misterton Rural District

Bassetlaw DistrictDistricts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894Local government in NottinghamshireRural districts of NottinghamshireUse British English from August 2012

Misterton was a rural district in Nottinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894, from the part of the Gainsborough rural sanitary district which was in Nottinghamshire (the rest forming Gainsborough Rural District in Lincolnshire.) It included the following parishes Beckingham Bole Misterton Saundby Walkeringham West Burton West StockwithThe district was abolished in 1935 under a County Review Order, and was added to the existing East Retford Rural District. Since 1974 it has been in the Bassetlaw district.

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Misterton Rural District
Fox Covert Lane, Bassetlaw

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DN10 4EJ Bassetlaw
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