Hollingbourne Rural District Explained

Hollingbourne
Start:	1894
End:	1974

Hollingbourne Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England. It was named after the village of Hollingbourne.

Following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged with Maidstone Rural District to form the Borough of Maidstone.

Civil parishes

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the east and southeast of Maidstone:^[1]

• Bicknor
• Boughton Malherbe
• Boxley
• Bredhurst (part transferred to Gillingham Borough Council in 1933)
• Broomfield and Kingswood
• Chart Sutton
• Detling
• East Sutton
• Frinsted
• Harrietsham
• Headcorn
• Hollingbourne
• Hucking
• Langley
• Leeds
• Lenham
• Otterden
• Stockbury
• Sutton Valence
• Thurnham
• Ulcombe
• Wichling
• Wormshill

See also

• Hollingbourne Station
• Hollingbourne Downs
• Mills on Hollingbourne Stream

References

51.2333°N 40°W

Notes and References

1. https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10054904 Hollingbourne Rural District