Kennet District

Kennet was a non-metropolitan local government district in Wiltshire, England, abolished as part of the 2009 [structural changes to local government in England|2009 structural changes to local government]. It was named after the River Kennet.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local [Government Act 1972], by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, alongside Devizes [Rural District], Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District and Pewsey Rural District.
The district council was based at offices in Devizes. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local [government in England|structural changes to local government in England], when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire unitary authority.