Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District explained

51.42°N -1.73°WMarlborough and Ramsbury was a rural district in Wiltshire, England from 1935 to 1974.

It was formed by a County Review Order in 1935 as a merger of the Marlborough Rural District and the Ramsbury Rural District.^[1] It entirely surrounded the municipal borough of Marlborough.

In 1974, it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the new Kennet district.

In 1945 the council bought a large Georgian house called Axholme House at 47 London Road in Marlborough and converted it to become its headquarters. The council remained based there until its abolition in 1974.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District . A Vision of Britain through Time . GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth . 23 February 2023.
2. News: Sales by auction . 23 February 2023 . Wiltshire Times . 11 August 1945 . Trowbridge . 6 . Sale on Tuesday, August 21st, 1945. With vacant possession on completion at 29th September next... Sale of the very attractive medium-sized freehold residential property, known as Axholme....
3. Telephone Directory Volume IIB (Gloucester Area), February 1946, page 66, "Marlborough & Ramsbury R.D.C., Axholme, London Road, Marlborough"