West Dean Rural District

West Dean Rural District was a rural district in Gloucestershire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It comprised a number of civil parishes, including, confusingly, one called West Dean, and gained further territory in 1935. It was formed from the part of the Monmouth rural sanitary district that was in Gloucestershire (the rest, in Monmouthshire, becoming part of Monmouth Rural District). It consisted of the following civil parishes, listed with their population in 1961: English Bicknor: 457 Coleford (1935–1974): 3,546 Lydbrook (1935–1974): 2,465 Newland: 963 Staunton: 206 West Dean: 9,939