The rural district comprised an area to the north, but did not include the town of Wigan.
[1] It consisted of six civil parishes: Dalton, Haigh, Parbold, Shevington, Worthington and Wrightington.
[2] The rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974.
Its territory was split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, and the district of West Lancashire, with the parishes of Haigh, Shevington, and Worthington going to Wigan, and the remainder going to West Lancashire district.
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