The Oldham Extension Act 1950 transferred 605 acres of the Limehurst Rural District to the County Borough of Oldham, On abolition in 1954, the rural district was divided between the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne (1,154 acres), County Borough of Oldham (1,052 acres), Failsworth Urban District (606 acres), Droylsden Urban District (235 acres) and the Borough of Mossley (37 acres).