Startforth Rural District
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Template:Infobox historic district Startforth Rural District was a rural district in the North Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire in the Pennines of northern England.
It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. It constitued 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 formed part of the Teesdale district of the non-metropolitan county of County Durham.
It was comprised of the area south of the River Tees between Cow Green Reservoir and Gainford, and north of the modern border between County Durham and North Yorkshire.
The area is hilly and fairly sparsely populated. Places within it included:
- Barningham
- Boldron
- Bowbank
- Bowes
- Brignall
- Cotherstone
- Gilmonby
- Grassholme
- Greta Bridge
- Hutton Magna
- Holwick
- Hunderthwaite
- Hury
- Lanehead
- Lartington
- Mickleton
- Ovington
- Romaldkirk
- Scargill
- Startforth
- Thringarth
- Wycliffe
- Baldersdale
- Deep Dale
- Lunedale
- Teesdale (south side only)
Reservoirs and lakes
- Barningham Moor
- Bowes Moor
- Cotherstone Moor
- Cronkley Fell
- Holwick Fell
- Hope Moor
- Hunderthwaite Moor
- Lune Moor
- Mickle Fell
- Scargill High Moor
- Sleightholme Moor
The Pennine Way also passes through the area.