Carrick, Cornwall

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Carrick District
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Geography
Status District
HQ Truro
ONS code 15UC
History
Origin *Municipal Borough of Truro
*Municipal Borough of Falmouth
*Municipal Borough of Penryn
*Truro Rural District
Created 1 April 1974
Abolished 1 April 2009
Succeeded by Cornwall unitary authority
Demography
1973 population 71,430[1]
2001 population 87,861[2]
Politics
Governance District council
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Subdivisions
Type Civil parishes

Carrick (Cornish: Karrek) was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council was based in Truro. 50°15′50″N 5°03′14″W / 50.264°N 5.054°W / 50.264; -5.054Coordinates: 50°15′50″N 5°03′14″W / 50.264°N 5.054°W / 50.264; -5.054

The main centres of population, industry and commerce were the city of Truro and the towns of Falmouth/Penryn.

The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Truro, Falmouth and Penryn, and the Truro Rural District.

It was named after the Carrick Roads, an inlet near Falmouth that the rivers Percuil, Penryn and Fal drain into. The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England on 1 April.

[edit] Parishes

Carrick comprises the following 27 parishes

[edit] References

  1. ^ Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. pp. 38. ISBN 0117508470. 
  2. ^ "Census 2001: Carrick". Census 2001. Office for National Statistics. 2001-04-01. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pop2001/carrick.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-05. 

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