Castle Donington Rural District
The rural district of Castle Donington is a former local government area of Leicestershire, England, formed in 1894 and abolished in 1974.[1]
History
It was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Shardlow Rural Sanitary District that was in Leicestershire. In the 1930s it gained a few parishes from the disbanding of Loughborough Rural District. The district was merged into the North West Leicestershire district under the Local Government Act 1972.
Parishes
At its abolition, Castle Donington Rural District included the following parishes:
- Belton (from Loughborough RD)
- Breedon on the Hill
- Castle Donington
- Charley (from Loughborough RD)
- Diseworth
- Hemington
- Isley cum Langley
- Kegworth
- Lockington Hemington
- Long Whatton (from Loughborough RD)
References
- ^ "HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH STREET, CASTLE DONINGTON" (PDF). nwleics.gov.uk. North West Leicestershire District Council. June 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.