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Barton Regis Rural District

Barton Regis was, from 1894 to 1904, a rural district in the English administrative county of Gloucestershire, adjacent to the City of Bristol.

Formation
The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Barton Regis Rural Sanitary District, ==Parishes==
Parishes
The rural district consisted of six civil parishes: • FiltonHenburyShirehamptonStoke GiffordWestbury-on-TrymWinterbourne ==Abolition==
Abolition
In November 1903 Bristol Corporation promoted a local act of Parliament to extend the area of the city to include the parishes of Shirehampton and Westbury-on-Trym, and part of the parish of Henbury, as well as the neighbouring Horfield Urban District. As a consequence it was proposed to dissolve the Barton Regis Rural District and distribute its area between the Chipping Sodbury and Thornbury rural districts. The Bristol Corporation Act 1904 (4 Edw. 7. c. ccxxiii) took effect on 1 October 1904. Shirehampton and Westbury-on-Trym were added to the city, Filton, Stoke Gifford and Winterbourne parishes were transferred to Chipping Sodbury Rural District, while the parish of Henbury was transferred to Thornbury Rural District. ==References==
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