Clun and Bishop's Castle was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the Clun Rural District, based on the Clun rural sanitary district. It was enlarged in 1934 under a County Review Order by taking in the disbanded Chirbury Rural District and Teme Rural District. 1967 saw the district renamed 'Clun and Bishop's Castle', when it absorbed the municipal borough of Bishop's Castle. Bishop's Castle became a rural borough within the rural district. The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was merged to form part of the South Shropshire district. Civil parishes The rural district contained the following civil parishes: Bedstone (from 1934)† Bettwys y Crwyn (from 1934)† Bishop's Castle (Rural Borough) (from 1967) Bishop's Castle Rural (until 1934) The parish was abolished, partly to create Colebatch CP, remainder absorbed by Lydham CP Brompton and Rhiston (from 1934)‡ Bucknell (from 1934)† Chirbury (from 1934)‡ Clun Clunbury Clungunford Colebatch (created 1934 from part of Bishop's Castle Rural CP) Edgton Hopesay Hopton Castle Llanfair Waterdine (from 1934)† Lydbury North Lydham Mainstone More Myndtown Norbury Ratlinghope Shelve Stowe (from 1934)† Wentnor Worthen (from 1934)‡ †Previously in Teme Rural District ‡Previously in Chirbury Rural District References Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Shropshire Rural districts of England Local government in Shropshire