# The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991 S.I. 1991/311 · made 21 February 1991 This Order transfers areas between the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire. Consequential changes to districts, parishes, local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and Coroners' districts are made. Made under: Local Government Act 1972 (Section 51, Section 67) ## Introductory text LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS Made 21st February 1991 Laid before Parliament 27th February 1991 Coming into force for the purposes referred to in article 1(2) 20th March 1991 for all other purposes 1st April 1991 The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under sections 51(2) and 67(4) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order which gives effect to proposals submitted to him under sections 47, 48(1) and 51(1) of that Act, more than six weeks before the making of this Order, by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England: ## 1 Citation and commencement (1) This Order may be cited as the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. (2) This Order shall come into force on 20th March 1991 for any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) (coming into operation of order) of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976. (3) For all other purposes this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1991. ## 2 Interpretation In this Order “boundary map” means one of the 21 maps prepared by the Department of the Environment, marked “Maps of the Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991”, duly numbered for reference and deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976. ## 3 Transfers from Cheshire to Staffordshire The part of the county of Cheshire, the borough of Congleton and the parish of Church Lawton marked A97 on boundary map 21 shall be transferred to— (a) the county of Staffordshire and the Kidsgrove electoral division of that county; (b) the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Kidsgrove ward of that borough; (c) the parish of Kidsgrove; (d) the Pirehill North petty sessional division; (e) the North Staffordshire Coroner’s district. ## 4 Transfers from Staffordshire to Cheshire The part of the county of Staffordshire, the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the parish of Kidsgrove marked A98 on boundary map 21 shall be transferred to— (a) the county of Cheshire and the Alsager and Lawton electoral division of that county; (b) the borough of Congleton and the Lawton ward of that borough; (c) the parish of Church Lawton; (d) the Congleton petty sessional division; (e) the West and Central Cheshire Coroner’s district. ## 5 Transfers from Hereford and Worcester to Staffordshire Those parts of the county of Hereford and Worcester, the district of Wyre Forest and the parish of Wolverley and Cookley marked A95 and A96 on boundary map 20 shall be transferred to— (a) the county of Staffordshire and the Kinver electoral division of that county; (b) the district of South Staffordshire and the Kinver ward of that district; (c) the parish of Kinver; (d) the Seisdon petty sessional division; (e) the South Staffordshire Coroner’s district. ## 6 Transfers from Derbyshire to Staffordshire (1) The area or areas of the county of Derbyshire marked on a boundary map as shown in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order and forming part of the district and of the parish, if any, specified in relation thereto in columns 2 and 3 respectively shall be transferred to— (a) the county of Staffordshire; (b) the electoral division of that county specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 4 of that Schedule; (c) the district and the electoral ward of that district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in columns 5 and 6 respectively; (d) the parish or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 7. (2) Where, in relation to an area or areas for which a parish is specified in column 3 of Schedule 1, an unparished area is specified in column 7 of that Schedule, that area, or those areas, shall cease to form part of a parish. ## 7 Transfers from Staffordshire to Derbyshire The area or areas of the county of Staffordshire marked on a boundary map as shown in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order and forming part of the district and of the parish, if any, specified in relation thereto in columns 2 and 3 respectively shall be transferred to— (a) the county of Derbyshire; (b) the electoral division of that county specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 4 of that Schedule; (c) the district and the electoral ward of that district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in columns 5 and 6 respectively; (d) the parish or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district specified in relation to the area or areas in question in column 7. ## 8 Town and country planning Any provision of a development plan applying to an area transferred by this Order shall continue to apply thereto notwithstanding the transfer; and after such transfer, any such provision shall, so far as it so applies, be for all purposes deemed to be a provision of a corresponding plan of the authority which becomes the appropriate local planning authority for the transferred area as a result of the transfer. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment Blatch Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment 21st February 1991 ## Schedule 1 TRANSFERS FROM DERBYSHIRE TO STAFFORDSHIRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Map and area Transferred from district Transferred from parish Transferred to electoral division Transferred to district Transferred to ward Transferred to parish, or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district 2 A7 to A11 High Peak Hartington Upper Quarter Leek Rural Staffordshire Moorlands Longnor Hollinsclough parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district 2 A20 Derbyshire Dales Hartington Middle Quarter Leek Rural Staffordshire Moorlands Longnor Hollinsclough parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district 3 A24 A25 Derbyshire Dales Hartington Middle Quarter Leek Rural Staffordshire Moorlands Longnor Longnor parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district 2 A21 A23 Derbyshire Dales Hartington Middle Quarter Leek Rural Staffordshire Moorlands Longnor Longnor parish Leek petty sessional division North Staffordshire Coroner’s district 8 A30 Derbyshire Dales Norbury and Roston Uttoxeter Rural East Staffordshire Weaver Ellastone parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 10 A34 A35 Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Uttoxeter Rural East Staffordshire Churnet Rocester parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 11 A37 A38 Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Uttoxeter Urban East Staffordshire Heath Uttoxeter parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 11 A40 to A42 Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Uttoxeter Urban East Staffordshire Town Uttoxeter parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 12 A44 Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Uttoxeter Rural East Staffordshire Abbey Uttoxeter Rural parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 13 A45 A47 Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Uttoxeter Rural East Staffordshire Crown Marchington parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 13 A48 Derbyshire Dales Sudbury Uttoxeter Rural East Staffordshire Crown Marchington parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 14 A56 to A59 Derbyshire Dales Sudbury Uttoxeter Rural East Staffordshire Crown Draycott in the Clay parish Uttoxeter petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 14 A69 to A77 South Derbyshire Foston and Scropton Dove East Staffordshire Tutbury and Hanbury Hanbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 14 A78 South Derbyshire Foston and Scropton Dove East Staffordshire Tutbury and Hanbury Tutbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 A82 South Derbyshire Hoon Dove East Staffordshire Tutbury and Hanbury Tutbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 A83 South Derbyshire Marston on Dove Dove East Staffordshire Tutbury and Hanbury Tutbury parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 A84 South Derbyshire Marston on Dove Dove East Staffordshire Rolleston Rolleston on Dove parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 A87 South Derbyshire Egginton Dove East Staffordshire Rolleston Rolleston on Dove parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 A89 South Derbyshire Egginton Dove East Staffordshire Stretton Stretton parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 B1 B3 South Derbyshire Egginton Burton Town East Staffordshire Burton Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 15 B2 South Derbyshire Newton Solney Burton Town East Staffordshire Burton Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 16 B4 South Derbyshire Newton Solney Burton Tower East Staffordshire Winshill Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 16 B5 South Derbyshire Bretby Burton Tower East Staffordshire Winshill Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 16 B6 B7 South Derbyshire Bretby Burton Tower East Staffordshire Stapenhill Unparished area Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 17 B8 B9 South Derbyshire Burton Trent East Staffordshire Edgehill Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 18 A90 A91 South Derbyshire Walton upon Trent Needwood Forest East Staffordshire Needwood Barton-under-Needwood parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 18 A93 South Derbyshire Catton Needwood Forest East Staffordshire Needwood Wychnor parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district 18 A99 South Derbyshire Catton Needwood Forest East Staffordshire Needwood Barton-under-Needwood parish Burton-upon-Trent petty sessional division South Staffordshire Coroner’s district ## Schedule 2 TRANSFERS FROM STAFFORDSHIRE TO DERBYSHIRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Map and area Transferred from district Transferred from parish Transferred to electoral division Transferred to district Transferred to ward Transferred to parish, or unparished area, petty sessional division and Coroner’s district 1 A1 A2 Staffordshire Moorlands Hollinsclough Whaley Bridge High Peak Limestone Peak Hartington Upper Quarter parish High Peak petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district 2 A3 to A6 A12 to A15 Staffordshire Moorlands Hollinsclough Whaley Bridge High Peak Limestone Peak Hartington Upper Quarter parish High Peak petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district 2 A16 to A19 Staffordshire Moorlands Hollinsclough Tideswell Derbyshire Dales Taddington Hartington Middle Quarter parish High Peak petty sessional division High Peak West Derbyshire Coroner’s district 2 A22 Staffordshire Moorlands Longnor Tideswell Derbyshire Dales Taddington Hartington Middle Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district 4 A26 Staffordshire Moorlands Sheen Wirksworth Derbyshire Dales Hartington and Dovedale Hartington Town Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district 5 A27 Staffordshire Moorlands Sheen Wirksworth Derbyshire Dales Hartington and Dovedale Hartington Town Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district 6 A28 Staffordshire Moorlands Sheen Wirksworth Derbyshire Dales Hartington and Dovedale Hartington Town Quarter parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division High Peak Coroner’s district 7 A29 Staffordshire Moorlands Blore with Swinscoe Wirksworth Derbyshire Dales Hartington and Dovedale Thorpe parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 9 A31 East Staffordshire Rocester Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Norbury Norbury and Roston parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 9 A32 A33 East Staffordshire Rocester Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 10 A36 East Staffordshire Uttoxeter Rural Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 11 A39 East Staffordshire Uttoxeter Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 11 A43 East Staffordshire Uttoxeter Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 13 A46 East Staffordshire Marchington Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Doveridge parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 14 A49 to A55 East Staffordshire Draycott in the Clay Ashbourne Derbyshire Dales Doveridge Sudbury parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 14 A60 East Staffordshire Draycott in the Clay Etwall South Derbyshire North West Foston and Scropton parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 14 A61 to A68 East Staffordshire Hanbury Etwall South Derbyshire North West Foston and Scropton parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 14 A79 East Staffordshire Tutbury Etwall South Derbyshire North West Foston and Scropton parish West Derbyshire petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 14 A80 A81 East Staffordshire Tutbury Etwall South Derbyshire Hatton Hatton parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 15 A85 East Staffordshire Rolleston on Dove Etwall South Derbyshire Hilton Marston on Dove parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner’s district 15 A86 East Staffordshire Rolleston on Dove Etwall South Derbyshire Hilton Egginton parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district 15 A88 East Staffordshire Stretton Etwall South Derbyshire Hilton Egginton parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district 16 C1 East Staffordshire Repton South Derbyshire Repton Newton Solney parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district 16 C2 C3 South Staffordshire Repton South Derbyshire Repton Bretby parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district 17 B10 East Staffordshire Newhall South Derbyshire Newhall Unparished area Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district 18 A92 East Staffordshire Barton-under-Needwood Linton South Derbyshire Walton on Trent Walton upon Trent parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district 19 A94 Lichfield Clifton Campville Linton South Derbyshire Netherseal Netherseal parish Derby and Derbyshire South petty sessional division Derby and Derbyshire South Coroner’s district ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order transfers areas between the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire. Consequential changes to districts, parishes, local government electoral areas, petty sessional divisions and Coroners' districts are made. The map forming part of this note gives a general guide to the areas affected. Prints of the detailed boundary maps (described in article 2) may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of the district councils whose areas are affected by this Order, and at the offices of the Secretary of State for the Environment, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB. The areas transferred have approximately the area and population shown below. Area (hectares) Population Cheshire to Staffordshire 3.01 12 1.40 Nil Staffordshire to Cheshire Hereford & Worcester to Staffordshire 12.60 Nil Derbyshire to Staffordshire 440.21 71 Staffordshire to Derbyshire 315.00 Nil The Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976 contain general provisions regarding the effect of orders such as this one. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/311 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cheshire-derbyshire-hereford-and-worcester-and-staffordshire-county-boundaries-order-1991 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.