Editing Startforth Rural District (section)

{{Short description|Former local government area in the UK}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
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{{infobox historic subdivision|
   |Name=              Startforth
   |HQ=
   |Status=            [[Rural district]]
   |Start=             1894
   |End=               1974
   |Replace=           [[Teesdale (district)|Teesdale District]]
   |Image= 
   |PopulationFirst=      5,009
   |PopulationFirstYear=  1901
   |PopulationLast=       3,404 
   |PopulationLastYear=   1971
   |AreaFirst=            {{convert|97618|acre|km2}}
   |AreaFirstYear=        1894
   |AreaLast=             {{convert|97630|acre|km2}}    
   |AreaLastYear=         1974
}}
'''Startforth Rural District''' was a [[rural district]] in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]] of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Yorkshire]] in the [[Pennines]] of northern [[England]].

It was formed in 1894 under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].  It constituted the part of the [[Teesdale Rural Sanitary District]] that was in the North Riding (the rest being in [[County Durham]]).

In 1974, the district was abolished and became, for administrative purposes, part of the [[Teesdale (district)|Teesdale]] district of the [[metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|non-metropolitan county]] of County Durham.

It comprised the area south of the [[River Tees]] between Cow Green Reservoir and [[Gainford, County Durham|Gainford]], and north of the modern administrative border between County Durham and [[North Yorkshire]].

The area is hilly and fairly sparsely populated. Places within it included;

'''[[Village]]s'''
*[[Barningham, County Durham|Barningham]]
*[[Boldron]]
*[[Bowbank]]
*[[Bowes]]
*[[Brignall]]
*[[Cotherstone]]
*[[Gilmonby]]
*[[Grassholme]]
*[[Greta Bridge]]
*[[Hutton Magna]]
*[[Holwick]]
*[[Hunderthwaite]]
*[[Hury]]
*[[Lartington]]
*[[Mickleton, County Durham|Mickleton]]
*[[Ovington, County Durham|Ovington]]
*[[Romaldkirk]]
*[[Scargill, County Durham|Scargill]]
*[[Startforth]]
*[[Thringarth]]
*[[Wycliffe, County Durham|Wycliffe]]

'''[[Valley|Dale]]s'''
*[[Baldersdale]]
*[[Deep Dale]]
*[[Lunedale]]
*[[Teesdale]] (south side only)

'''[[Reservoir]]s and [[lake]]s'''
*[[Balderhead Reservoir|Balderhead]]
*[[Blackton Reservoir|Blackton]]
*[[Fish Lake, County Durham|Fish Lake]]
*[[Grassholme Reservoir|Grassholme]]
*[[Hury Reservoir|Hury]]
*[[Selset Reservoir|Selset]]

'''[[Fell]]s and [[moorland|moors]]'''
*[[Barningham Moor]]
*[[Bowes Moor]]
*[[Cotherstone Moor]]
*[[Cronkley Fell]]
*[[Holwick Fell]]
*[[Hope Moor]]
*[[Hunderthwaite Moor]]
*[[Lune Moor]]
*[[Mickle Fell]]
*[[Scargill High Moor]]
*[[Sleightholme Moor]]

'''[[Forest]]s'''
*[[Lune Forest|Lune]]
*[[Stainmore Forest|Stainmore]]

'''[[River]]s and [[beck (river)|beck]]s'''
*[[River Balder]]
*[[Deepdale Beck]]
*[[River Greta, Durham|River Greta]]

'''[[British road numbering scheme|Road]]s'''
*[[A66 road|A66]]
*[[A67 road|A67]]
*[[B6276 road|B6276]]
*[[B6277 road|B6277]]

The [[Pennine Way]] also passes through the area.