required to continue to appoint a town clerk, and was permitted to employ such officers and servants as needed to discharge the functions of the borough. All provisions of the borough's charter not inconsistent with its new status were to remain in effect. Rural boroughs were prevented from applying for a new or amended charter, however. If the borough corporation so chose it could surrender its charter, and the borough would be converted into a civil parish governed by a parish council. Seven rural boroughs were created: Bishop's Castle, to Clun and Bishop's Castle Rural District in 1967 Bridgnorth, to Bridgnorth Rural District in 1967 Lostwithiel, to St Austell Rural District in 1968 Ludlow, to Ludlow Rural District in 1967 South Molton, to South Molton Rural District in 1967 Oswestry, to Oswestry Rural District in 1967 Wenlock, to Bridgnorth Rural District in 1966 Rural boroughs were abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and converted to civil parishes. Reviews carried out under the Act Apart from the West Midlands review mentioned above, there were few large-scale changes brought about by the 1958 Act: Bedfordshire, 1964 (Luton became county borough) Cornwall, 1968 (extensive changes to county districts and creation of one rural borough) Devon in 1967 (creation of Torbay county borough, other changes including creation of one rural borough) County Durham, 1967 (creation of Hartlepool county borough, enlargement of Sunderland) Herefordshire, 1968 (two urban districts absorbed by rural districts) Huntingdonshire, 1961 (union of boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester) Union of administrative counties of Huntingdon and Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1965 Shropshire in 1967 and 1968 (extensive changes in county districts and creation of five rural boroughs) Teesside county borough created 1968 No changes were made in Wales. Major changes in Greater London that occurred in 1965 were carried out under the London Government Act 1963. End of the review process The Local Government (Termination of Reviews) Act 1967 brought an end to the review process established by the 1958 Act. The 1967 Act dissolved the two local government commissions, and ended the duty of county councils to review council areas. No report, proposals or notification made by the commissions or councils was to be carried into effect, if submitted after the beginning of 1963 by the Welsh commission, 10 February 1966 in the case of the English commission and 31 August 1966 by the county