Wycombe Rural District
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| Wycombe | |
| Geography | |
| Status | Rural district |
| 1911 area | 71,716 acres (112.056 sq mi; 290.22 km2) |
| 1931 area | 64,357 acres (100.558 sq mi; 260.44 km2) |
| 1961 area | 71,232 acres (111.300 sq mi; 288.27 km2) |
| HQ | Bellfield House, High Wycombe |
| History | |
| Origin | Rural sanitary district |
| Created | 1894 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Succeeded by | Wycombe district |
| Demography | |
|---|---|
| 1901 population | 22,910 |
| 1931 population | 27,694 |
| 1971 population | 71,331 |
| Politics | |
| Governance | Wycombe Rural District Council |
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Wycombe was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England.
The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the disbanded Wycombe Rural Sanitary District.[1] The district was named after, and based in, High Wycombe. The rural district did not include the town, however, which was a separate municipal borough (known as Chepping Wycombe until 1946).[2][3]
[edit] Area and parishes
The district consisted of a number of rural parishes surrounding High Wycombe. In 1934 it was enlarged, when a county review order added the area of the abolished Hambleden Rural District.[1]
| Parish | Changes |
|---|---|
| Bledlow | Merged with Saunderton 1934 |
| Bledlow cum Saunderton | Formed by the merger of two parishes in 1934 |
| Bradenham | |
| Chepping Wycombe Rural | Renamed Chepping Wycombe 1949 |
| Ellesborough | |
| Fawley | Transferred from Hambleden RD 1934 |
| Fingest | Renamed Fingest and Lane End 1937 |
| Great and Little Hampden | Parishes had been merged in 1885 |
| Great and Little Kimble | Parishes had been merged in 1885 |
| Great Marlow | Part of parish became Marlow Urban District in 1897 |
| Hambleden | Transferred from Hambleden RD 1934 |
| Hedsor | |
| Horsenden | Abolished 1934: area split between Bledlow cum Saunderton and Princes Risborough |
| Hughenden | |
| Ibstone | |
| Ilmer | Abolished 1934: formed part of Longwick cum Ilmer |
| Lacey Green | Formed 1934 from part of Princes Risborough |
| Little Marlow | |
| Little Missenden | Transferred to Amersham Rural District 1901 |
| Longwick cum Ilmer | Formed 1934 by merger of Ilmer and Monks Risborough (with parts Princes Risborough of Towersey) |
| Medmenham | Transferred from Hambleden RD 1934 |
| Monks Risborough | abolished 1934, most passed to new parish of Longwick cum Ilmer |
| Princes Risborough | |
| Radnage | |
| Saunderton | Merged with Bledlow 1934 |
| Stokenchurch | Transferred from Oxfordshire 1895 |
| Turville | |
| West Wycombe | Abolished 1934, with part added to enlarged Borough of Chepping Wycombe, remainder to West Wycombe Rural |
| West Wycombe Rural | Formed 1934 from the part of West Wycombe not added to the borough with part of Hughenden |
| Wooburn |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0901050679.
- ^ "Relationships / unit history of Wycombe RD". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10026143. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ "Wycombe RD: Historical Boundaries". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10026143&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 2009-03-24.[dead link]
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