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Startforth Rural District

Coordinates: 54°33′00″N 1°58′26″W / 54.550°N 1.974°W / 54.550; -1.974
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54°33′00″N 1°58′26″W / 54.550°N 1.974°W / 54.550; -1.974

Startforth
Area
 • 189497,618 acres (395.05 km2)
 • 197497,630 acres (395.1 km2)
Population
 • 19015,009
 • 19713,404
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byTeesdale District
StatusRural district

Startforth Rural District was a rural district in the North Riding of the historic county of Yorkshire in the Pennines of northern England.

It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. It constituted the part of the Teesdale Rural Sanitary District that was in the North Riding (the rest being in County Durham).

In 1974, the district was abolished and became, for administrative purposes, part of the Teesdale district of the non-metropolitan county of County Durham.

It comprised the area south of the River Tees between Cow Green Reservoir and Gainford, and north of the modern administrative border between County Durham and North Yorkshire.

The area is hilly and fairly sparsely populated. Places within it included;

Villages

Dales

Reservoirs and lakes

Fells and moors

Forests

Rivers and becks

Roads

The Pennine Way also passes through the area.

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