50°15′50″N 5°03′14″W / 50.264°N 5.054°W / 50.264; -5.054

Carrick District

Shown within Cornwall
Population
  197371,430[1]
  200187,861[2]
History
  Preceded by
  Created1 April 1974
  Abolished1 April 2009
  Succeeded byCornwall unitary authority
StatusDistrict
ONS code15UC
GovernmentDistrict council
  HQTruro

Subdivisions
  TypeCivil parishes

Carrick (Cornish: Karrek) was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its district council was based in Truro.

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 2009.

Parishes

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 38. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. "Census 2001: Carrick". Census 2001. Office for National Statistics. 1 April 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
edit