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North Shropshire District | |
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Shown within Shropshire non-metropolitan county | |
History | |
• Origin | Market Drayton Rural District North Shropshire Rural District |
• Created | 1 April 1974 |
• Abolished | 31 March 2009 |
• Succeeded by | Shropshire |
Status | District |
ONS code | 39UC |
Government | North Shropshire District Council |
• HQ | Wem |
North Shropshire was a local government district in Shropshire, England from 1974 to 2009. The district council was based at Edinburgh House in Wem. Other settlements included the towns of Ellesmere, Market Drayton and Whitchurch, as well as the large villages of Shawbury and Baschurch. The district bordered onto Wales, Cheshire and Staffordshire as well as the Shropshire districts of Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and the unitary Telford and Wrekin.