Former county (197498) of WC England, UK, created by the amalgamation of Herefordshire and Worcestershire; following local opposition, the separate status of the counties was restord in 1998.
Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on April 1, 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen and Stourbridge, which went to West Midlands) and the county borough of Worcester.
Due to the disparity of sizes of the populations – Herefordshire had about 140,000 people, much less than Worcestershire, which had a population of about 420,000 – it was perceived by Herefordshire as a takeover rather than a merger, and it never attracted the loyalties of residents. This was divided, with separate Hereford, South Herefordshire and Leominster districts, and part of Herefordshire in the Malvern Hills district. A new Herefordshire district was formed from the Herefordshire parts of Malvern Hills and Leominster, along with Hereford and South Herefordshire, and became a unitary authority.
Districts
Hereford and Worcester was divided into nine districts:
| Map | No | District | Composition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyre Forest | Worcestershire: Bewdley, Kidderminster, Stourport, Kidderminster RD | |
| 2 | Bromsgrove | Worcestershire: Bromsgrove, Bromsgrove RD | |
| 3 | Redditch | Worcestershire: Redditch | |
| 4 | Wychavon | Worcestershire: Droitwich, Evesham, Evesham RD, most of Droitwich RD, most of Pershore RD | |
| 5 | Worcester | Worcestershire: County Borough of Worcester, Warndon from Droitwich RD, St Peter the Great County from Pershore RD | |
| 6 | Malvern Hills |
Worcestershire: Malvern, Martley RD, Upton RD
Herefordshire: Bromyard RD, Ledbury RD |
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| 7 | Leominster |
Worcestershire: Tenbury RD
Herefordshire: Kington, Leominster, Kington RD, Leominster and Wigmore RD, Weobley RD |
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| 8 | Hereford | Herefordshire: Hereford | |
| 9 | South Herefordshire | Herefordshire: Ross-on-Wye, Bore and Bredwardine RD, Hereford RD, Ross and Whitchurch RD |
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