Buckingham Rural District

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Buckingham Rural District
Rural District
Chandos House, School Lane, Buckingham: Council's headquarters 1926–1974
Area
• 1901	54,893 acres (222.1 km²)
• 1971	54,528 acres (220.7 km²)

Population
• 1901	8,124
• 1971^[1]	8,760

History
• Created	28 December 1894
• Abolished	31 March 1974
• Succeeded by	Aylesbury Vale


• HQ	Buckingham

Buckingham Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north-west of the county. It was named after but did not include the borough of Buckingham.

The district had its origins in the Buckingham Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835, covering Buckingham itself and several surrounding parishes. In 1872 sanitary districts were established, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions. The Buckingham Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the poor law union except for Buckingham itself, which was a municipal borough and so formed its own urban sanitary authority. The Buckingham Rural Sanitary District was administered from Buckingham Union Workhouse which had been built in 1838 at 19 Stratford Road, Buckingham.^[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. The act also directed that districts should not straddle county boundaries. Whilst the Buckingham Rural Sanitary District was entirely in Buckinghamshire, the neighbouring Brackley Rural Sanitary District straddled Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. It was therefore decided before the act came into force that the three Buckinghamshire parishes from the Brackley Rural Sanitary District (Biddlesden, Turweston, and Westbury), would be added to the Buckingham Rural District.^[3] The Buckingham Rural District Council held its first meeting on 29 December 1894 at the workhouse in Buckingham. William Weston of Adstock was appointed the first chairman of the council.^[4]

v t e History of local government districts in Buckinghamshire
Ancient boroughs	Amersham Aylesbury Brill Buckingham Chepping Wycombe Fenny Stratford Great Marlow Newport Pagnell Olney Wendover
Incorporated boroughs	Aylesbury Buckingham Slough Chepping Wycombe High Wycombe
Urban districts	Aylesbury Beaconsfield Bletchley Chesham Eton Fenny Stratford Linslade Marlow Newport Pagnell Slough Stratford and Wolverton Wolverton
Rural districts	Amersham Aylesbury Buckingham Eton Hambleden Long Crendon Newport Pagnell Stratford and Wolverton Winslow Wing Wycombe
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
Boundary changes affecting Buckinghamshire

v t e Aylesbury Vale (former district)
Buckinghamshire Unitary Council elections County Council elections District Council elections Aylesbury Constituency Mid Buckinghamshire Constituency Buckingham and Bletchley Constituency
Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Aylesbury Bedgrove Broughton California Elm Farm Elmhurst Haydon Hill New Zealand Prebendal Farm Quarrendon Queens Park Southcourt Turnfurlong Walton Walton Court Buckingham Bourton Buffler's Holt Castle Fields Mount Pleasant Page Hill Wendover Cobblers Hill Dean Kings Ash Little London Lower Bacombe Smalldean The Hale Upper Bacombe Wendover Dean World's End Winslow Shipton Shipton Brook
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Addington Adstock Akeley Akeley Stockholt Ashendon Ashendon Lower Pollicott Upper Pollicott Aston Clinton Aston Clinton Chivery Vaches Aston Abbotts Burston Aston Sandford Barton Hartshorn Beachampton Berryfields Biddlesden Bierton Burcott Boarstall Boarstall Honeyburge Brill Brill Little London Broughton Hamlet Buckingham Park Buckland Buckland Buckland Wharf Calvert Green Calvert Charndon Chearsley Cheddington Cheddington Cooks Wharf Chetwode Chilton Chilton Easington Coldharbour Fairford Leys Creslow Cublington Cuddington Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Aston Mullins Dinton Ford Gibraltar Upton Waldridge Westlington Dorton Drayton Beauchamp Drayton Parslow Dunton East Claydon Botolph Claydon East Claydon Edgcott Edlesborough Dagnall Northall Ringshall Fleet Marston Foscott Gawcott with Lenborough Gawcott Lenborough Granborough Granborough Green End Great Brickhill Great Horwood Great Horwood Singleborough Grendon Underwood Haddenham Haddenham Halton Hardwick Hillesden Hoggeston Hogshaw Fulbrook Hulcott Ickford Ivinghoe Greatgap Horton Ivinghoe Ivinghoe Aston Ringshall Kingsbrook Kingsey Kingswood Kingswood Tetchwick Leckhampstead Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey Lillingstone Dayrell Luffield Abbey Lillingstone Lovell Little Horwood Long Crendon Ludgershall Maids Moreton Marsh Gibbon Marsh Gibbon Little Marsh Summerstown Marsworth Marsworth Startop's End Mentmore Crafton Ledburn Mentmore Middle Claydon Middle Claydon Verney Junction Mursley Nash Nether Winchendon Newton Longville North Marston Oakley Addingrove Little London Oakley Oving Padbury Pitchcott Pitstone Barley End Pitstone Pitstone Green Pitstone Hill Poundon Preston Bissett Quainton Quainton Shipton Lee Quarrendon Radclive-cum-Chackmore Radclive Chackmore Shabbington Shalstone Slapton Grove Horton Wharf Slapton Soulbury Bragenham Chelmscote Hollingdon Soulbury Stockgrove Steeple Claydon Stewkley North End Stewkley South End Stewkley Dean Stoke Hammond Stoke Mandeville Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell Bishopstone Hartwell Lower Hartwell Sedrup Stone Stowe Boycott Dadford Lamport Stowe Swanbourne Nearton End Swanbourne Thornborough Thornton Tingewick Turweston Twyford Upper Winchendon Waddesdon Eythrope Waddesdon Wormstone Water Stratford Watermead Weedon East End Weedon Weedon Hill Westbury Westcott Weston Turville Bye Green Weston Turville Whaddon Whitchurch Wing Ascott Burcott Littleworth Wing Wingrave Nup End Rowsham Wingrave Woodham Worminghall Wotton Underwood
Former districts and boroughs	Municipal Borough of Aylesbury Municipal Borough of Buckingham Buckingham Rural District Long Crendon Rural District Wing Rural District
Former constituencies	Buckingham Constituency Buckinghamshire County Constituency Wendover Constituency
List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

Buckingham Rural District

Civil parishes

Premises

Abolition

References

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