Ware Rural District
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| Ware Rural District | |
|---|---|
| Rural district | |
 Council offices: 97 New Road, Ware | |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 10,891 |
| • 1971 | 11,550[1] |
| History | |
| • Created | 28 December 1894 |
| • Abolished | 31 March 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | East Hertfordshire |
| • HQ | Ware |
| Contained within | |
| • County Council | Hertfordshire |
Ware Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the east of the county.
The district had its origins in the Ware Rural Sanitary District. This had been created under the Public Health Act 1872, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions. The Ware Rural Sanitary District covered the area of the Ware Poor Law Union excluding the town of Ware.[2]
Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. Prior to the act coming into force, Hertfordshire County Council made an order directing that the town of Hoddesdon, which was in the Ware Rural Sanitary District, should become an urban district in its own right rather than be included in the Ware Rural District.[3] The link with the poor law union continued, with all the elected councillors of the rural district council being ex officio members of the Ware Board of Guardians.
Parishes
Ware Rural District contained the following civil parishes.
| Parish | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1935 | Abolished 1935, split between Hoddesdon Urban District and Brickendon Liberty parish. |
| Eastwick | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Gilston | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Great Amwell | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Great Munden | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Hoddesdon Rural | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1935 | Created 1894 from that part of Hoddesdon parish not within the urban district. Abolished 1935, split between Hoddesdon Urban District and Brickendon Liberty parish. |
| Hunsdon | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Little Munden | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Standon | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Stanstead Abbots | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Stanstead St Margarets | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Thundridge | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Ware Rural | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | Created 1894 from that part of Ware parish not within the urban district. |
| Widford | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Wormley | 28 Dec 1894 | 31 Mar 1935 | Abolished 1935, split between Hoddesdon Urban District, Cheshunt Urban District, and Brickendon Liberty parish. |
