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==