Amersham Rural District

51°40′37″N 0°36′12″W / 51.6769°N 0.6034°W / 51.6769; -0.6034

Amersham
Area
• 1911	45,700 acres (184.9 km²)
• 1961	46,232 acres (187.1 km²)

Population
• 1901	13,800
• 1971	68,516

History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Chiltern District

Status	Rural district

• HQ	King George V Road, Amersham

Amersham was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. The rural district took over the responsibilities of the disbanded Amersham Rural Sanitary District. It entirely surrounded but did not include Chesham. Chesham and Amersham rural districts were merged to form the Chiltern District under the Local Government Act 1972.

Civil parishes

The parishes were originally:

Amersham
Ashley Green (created 1897 from part of Chesham)
Chalfont St Giles
Chalfont St Peter
Chartridge (created 1899 from part of Chesham)
Chenies
Chesham Bois
Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards (created 1934 from 4 parishes plus parcels of land previously in Aylesbury Rural District)
Coleshill
Great Missenden
Latimer (created 1899 from part of Chesham)
Little Missenden (until 1930)
Penn
Seer Green
The Lee

References

History of local government in Buckinghamshire

v t e Chiltern District
Buckinghamshire Unitary Council elections County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency
Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chenies Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer and Ley Hill Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee
Former districts and boroughs	Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District
Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency
List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

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