This is a list of the areas in England and Wales that became rural districts when the Local Government Act 1894 came into force from December 1894.
Rural District | County | Created | Abolished | Successor(s) |
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Aethwy RD | Anglesey | 1894 | 1974 | Anglesey – Ynys Môn |
Dwyran RD | Anglesey | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Aethwy RD |
Twrcelyn RD | Anglesey | 1894 | 1974 | Anglesey – Ynys Môn |
Valley RD | Anglesey | 1894 | 1974 | Anglesey – Ynys Môn |
Bedford RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Bedford |
Biggleswade RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Mid Bedfordshire |
Eaton Bray RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Luton RD |
Eaton Socon RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Bedford RD |
Holwell RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1897 | absorbed by Hitchin RD, Hertfordshire |
Luton RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Bedfordshire |
Woburn RD | Bedfordshire | 1894 | 1900 | absorbed by Ampthill RD and Eaton Bray RD |
Ampthill RD | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (1894–97), Bedfordshire (1897–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Mid Bedfordshire |
Abingdon RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Vale of White Horse |
Bradfield RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Newbury |
Cookham RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Windsor and Maidenhead |
Easthampstead RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Bracknell |
Hungerford RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Newbury |
Newbury RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Newbury |
Wallingford RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Oxfordshire |
Wantage RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Vale of White Horse, Newbury |
Windsor RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Windsor and Maidenhead |
Wokingham RD | Berkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Wokingham |
Faringdon RD | Berkshire and Gloucestershire (1894–1935),[1] [2] Berkshire (1935–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Vale of White Horse |
Brecknock RD | Brecknockshire | 1894 | 1974 | Brecknock |
Builth RD | Brecknockshire | 1894 | 1974 | Brecknock |
Crickhowell RD | Brecknockshire | 1894 | 1974 | Blaenau Gwent, Brecknock |
Hay RD | Brecknockshire | 1894 | 1974 | Brecknock |
Vaynor and Penderyn RD | Brecknockshire | 1894 | 1974 | Merthyr Tydfil, Brecknock, Cynon Valley |
Ystradgynlais RD | Brecknockshire | 1894 | 1974 | Brecknock |
Amersham RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Chiltern |
Aylesbury RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Aylesbury Vale |
Buckingham RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Aylesbury Vale |
Eton RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Beaconsfield, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead |
Hambleden RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Wycombe RD |
Long Crendon RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1934 | |
Newport Pagnell RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Milton Keynes |
Stratford and Wolverton RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1919 | Stratford and Wolverton UD |
Wing RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Aylesbury Vale |
Winslow RD | Buckinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes |
Wycombe RD | Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (1894–96), Buckinghamshire (1896–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | |
Geirionydd RD | Caernarfonshire | 1894 | 1934 | Nant Conway RD |
Glaslyn RD | Caernarfonshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Criccieth UD, Gwyrfai RD, Lleyn RD and Porthmadog UD |
Gwyrfai RD | Caernarfonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Arfon, Dwyfor |
Lleyn RD | Caernarfonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Dwyfor |
Ogwen RD | Caernarfonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Arfon |
Conway RD, Glan Conway RD | Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire[3] (1894–1934) | 1894 | 1934 | Nant Conway RD, absorbed by Conway MB and Llandudno cum Eglwys Rhos UD |
Linton RD | Cambridgeshire | 1894 | 1934 | South Cambridgeshire RD |
Swavesey RD | Cambridgeshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Chesterton RD |
Chesterton RD | Cambridgeshire (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | South Cambridgeshire |
Newmarket RD | Cambridgeshire (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | East Cambridgeshire |
Melbourn RD | Cambridgeshire and Essex (1894–95), Cambridgeshire (1895–1934) | 1894 | 1934 | South Cambridgeshire RD |
Caxton and Arrington RD | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1894–95), Cambridgeshire (1895–1934) | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Chesterton RD, South Cambridgeshire RD |
Aberayron RD | Cardiganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ceredigion |
Aberystwyth RD | Cardiganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ceredigion |
Cardigan RD | Cardiganshire | 1894 | 1934 | Teifiside RD |
Lampeter RD | Cardiganshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Aberayron RD |
Llandyssil RD | Cardiganshire | 1894 | 1934 | Teifiside RD |
Tregaron RD | Cardiganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ceredigion |
Carmarthen RD | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1974 | Carmarthen |
Llandillofawr RD | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1935 | |
Llandovery RD | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Llandilo RD |
Llanelly RD (1894–1966), Llanelli RD (1966–74) | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1974 | Llanelli |
Llanybyther RD | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Newcastle Emlyn RD |
Newcastle in Emlyn RD (1894–1935),[4] Newcastle Emlyn RD (1935–74)[5] | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1974 | Carmarthen |
Whitland RD | Carmarthenshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Carmarthen RD |
Altrincham RD (1894–95), Bucklow RD (1895–1974) | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Trafford, Manchester, Macclesfield |
Chester RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Chester |
Congleton RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Congleton |
Disley RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Macclesfield |
Macclesfield RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Macclesfield |
Malpas RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1936 | absorbed by Nantwich RD and Tarvin RD |
Nantwich RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Crewe and Nantwich |
Northwich RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Vale Royal |
Runcorn RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Vale Royal, Warrington, Halton |
Stockport RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1904 | Handforth UD |
Tarvin RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | Chester |
Tintwistle RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1974 | High Peak |
Tittenley RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Drayton RD, Shropshire |
Wirral RD | Cheshire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Bebington UD, Birkenhead CB, Ellesmere Port UD, Hoylake UD, Neston UD, Wallasey CB and Wirral UD |
Bodmin RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Bodmin MB, Liskeard RD, Lostwithiel MB, St Austell RD and Wadebridge RD |
Calstock RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by St Germans RD |
Camelford RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | North Cornwall |
East Kerrier RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1934 | Kerrier RD, absorbed by Falmouth MB, Penryn MB and Truro RD |
Helston RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1934 | Camborne-Redruth UD and Kerrier RD, absorbed by Helston MB |
Isles of Scilly RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | Isles of Scilly |
Launceston RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | North Cornwall |
Liskeard RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | Caradon |
Redruth RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1934 | Camborne-Redruth UD and Kerrier RD, absorbed by Truro RD and West Penwith RD |
St Austell RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | Restormel |
St Columb Major RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1934 | Wadebridge RD, absorbed by Newquay UD, Padstow UD, St Austell RD and Truro RD |
St Germans RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | Caradon |
Stratton RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | North Cornwall |
Truro RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | Carrick |
West Penwith RD | Cornwall | 1894 | 1974 | Penwith |
Auckland RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1937 | absorbed by Barnard Castle RD, Bishop Auckland UD, Crook and Willington UD, Darlington RD, Sedgefield RD, Shildon UD, Spennymoor UD and Weardale RD |
Barnard Castle RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Teesdale |
Chester le Street RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Sunderland, Gateshead, Chester-le-Street |
Darlington RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Darlington, Sunderland |
Durham RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Durham |
Easington RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Easington, Sunderland |
Hartlepool RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1937 | absorbed by Stockton RD |
Houghton le Spring RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1937 | absorbed by Durham RD, Easington RD, Hetton UD and Houghton-le-Spring UD |
Lanchester RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Derwentside |
Sedgefield RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Sedgefield |
South Shields RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1936 | Boldon UD, absorbed by Felling UD, Hebburn UD, Jarrow MB and South Shields CB |
Stockton RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool |
Sunderland RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1967 | absorbed by Houghton-le-Spring UD, Seaham UD, Sunderland CB and Washington UD |
Weardale RD | County Durham | 1894 | 1974 | Wear Valley |
Alston Moor RD, Alston with Garrigill RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Eden |
Bootle RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1934 | Ennerdale RD and Millom RD |
Brampton RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1934 | Border RD, absorbed by Penrith RD |
Carlisle RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1934 | Border RD, absorbed by Penrith RD |
Cockermouth RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Allerdale |
Longtown RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1934 | Border RD |
Penrith RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Eden |
Whitehaven RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1934 | |
Wigton RD | Cumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Allerdale |
Chirk RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1935 | Ceiriog RD |
Llangollen RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Ruthin RD and Wrexham RD |
Llanrwst RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1935 | Hiraethog RD, absorbed by Llanrwst UD |
Llansillin RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1935 | Ceiriog RD |
Ruthin RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1974 | Glyndŵr |
St Asaph (Denbigh) RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1935 | Abergele UD and Aled RD, absorbed by Colwyn Bay MB |
Uwchaled RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1935 | Hiraethog RD |
Wrexham RD | Denbighshire | 1894 | 1974 | Wrexham Maelor, Glyndŵr |
Appleby RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1897 | absorbed by Ashby de la Zouch RD, Leicestershire |
Ashbourne RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | West Derbyshire |
Bakewell RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | West Derbyshire |
Belper RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | Amber Valley |
Blackwell RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | Bolsover |
Chapel en le Frith RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | High Peak |
Chesterfield RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire |
Clowne RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | Bolsover |
Croxall RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Tamworth RD, Staffordshire |
Glossop Dale RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1934 | |
Hartshorn and Seals RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Repton RD and Swadlincote UD |
Hayfield RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Chapel en le Frith RD |
Norton RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Chesterfield RD and Sheffield CB, West Riding of Yorkshire |
Repton RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Derbyshire |
Sudbury RD | Derbyshire | 1894 | 1934 | |
Shardlow RD | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (1894–1927),[6] Derbyshire (1927–59) | 1894 | 1959 | South East Derbyshire RD |
Axminster RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | East Devon |
Barnstaple RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | North Devon |
Bideford RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | Torridge |
Broadwoodwidger RD | Devon | 1894 | 1966 | absorbed by Holsworthy RD and Launceston RD, Cornwall |
Crediton RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | Tiverton |
Culmstock RD | Devon | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Tiverton RD |
Honiton RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | East Devon |
Kingsbridge RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | South Hams |
Newton Abbot RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | Teignbridge |
Okehampton RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | West Devon |
Plympton St Mary RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | South Hams |
South Molton RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | North Devon |
St Thomas RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | South Hams |
Tavistock RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | West Devon |
Tiverton RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | Tiverton |
Torrington RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | Torridge |
Totnes RD | Devon | 1894 | 1974 | South Hams |
Holsworthy RD | Devon and Cornwall (1894–1934), Devon (1934–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Torridge |
Blandford RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | North Dorset |
Bridport RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | West Dorset |
Cerne RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Dorchester RD, Sherborne RD and Sturminster RD |
Dorchester RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | West Dorset |
Poole RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Poole MB, Wareham and Purbeck RD and Wimborne and Cranborne RD |
Shaftesbury RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | North Dorset |
Sherborne RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | West Dorset |
Sturminster RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | North Dorset |
Wareham and Purbeck RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | Purbeck |
Weymouth RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Dorchester RD and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB |
Wimborne and Cranborne RD | Dorset | 1894 | 1974 | Wimborne |
Beaminster RD | Dorset and Somerset (1894–95), Dorset (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | West Dorset |
Beverley RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Beverley |
Bridlington RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | North Wolds, Scarborough |
Driffield RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | North Wolds |
Escrick RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1935 | Derwent RD, absorbed by Pocklington RD |
Howden RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Boothferry |
Norton RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ryedale |
Patrington RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1935 | Holderness RD |
Pocklington RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | North Wolds |
Riccal RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1935 | Derwent RD, absorbed by Howden RD |
Sculcoates RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1935 | Haltemprice UD and Holderness RD, absorbed by Beverley RD, Hedon MB and Kingston upon Hull CB |
Sherburn RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Bridlington RD, Filey UD and Norton RD |
Skirlaugh RD | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1935 | Holderness RD, absorbed by Kingston upon Hull CB |
Blything RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Blyth RD, Lothingland RD and Wainford RD, absorbed by Halesworth UD, Leiston-cum-Sizewell UD and Southwold MB |
Bosmere and Claydon RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Deben RD and Gipping RD, absorbed by Ipswich CB |
East Stow RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Gipping RD, absorbed by Stowmarket UD |
Hartismere RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | Mid Suffolk |
Hoxne RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Blyth RD, absorbed by Hartismere RD |
Mutford and Lothingland RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Lothingland RD, absorbed by Lowestoft MB |
Plomesgate RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Blyth RD and Deben RD, absorbed by Aldeburgh MB and Hartismere RD |
Samford RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | Babergh |
Wangford RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Wainford RD |
Woodbridge RD | East Suffolk | 1894 | 1934 | Deben RD, absorbed by Ipswich CB |
Battle RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Rother |
Chailey RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Lewes |
Eastbourne RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Hailsham RD and Seaford UD |
Hailsham RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Wealden |
Hastings RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Battle RD |
Newhaven RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Chailey RD, Newhaven UD, Lewes MB and Seaford UD |
Steyning East RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1928 | absorbed by Cuckfield RD and Hove MB |
Ticehurst RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Battle RD and Uckfield RD |
Uckfield RD | East Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Wealden |
Rye RD | East Sussex and Kent (1894–95), East Sussex (1895–1934) | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Battle RD and Rye MB |
East Grinstead RD | East Sussex and Surrey (1894–97), East Sussex (1897–1934) | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Cuckfield RD, East Grinstead UD and Uckfield RD |
Cuckfield RD | East Sussex and West Sussex (1894–1908),[7] East Sussex (1908–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Mid Sussex, Crawley |
Belchamp RD | Essex | 1894 | 1934 | |
Billericay RD | Essex | 1894 | 1934 | Billericay UD, absorbed by Brentwood UD and Chelmsford RD |
Braintree RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Braintree |
Bumpstead RD | Essex | 1894 | 1934 | |
Chelmsford RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Chelmsford, Brentwood |
Dunmow RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Uttlesford |
Epping RD | Essex | 1894 | 1955 | Epping and Ongar RD and Harlow UD |
Halstead RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Braintree |
Lexden and Winstree RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Colchester |
Maldon RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Maldon |
Ongar RD | Essex | 1894 | 1955 | Epping and Ongar RD |
Orsett RD | Essex | 1894 | 1936 | Thurrock UD |
Rochford RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Rochford |
Romford RD | Essex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Brentwood UD, Hornchurch UD and Romford MB |
Royston RD | Essex[8] | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Melbourn RD |
Saffron Walden RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Uttlesford |
Stansted RD | Essex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Dunmow RD and Saffron Walden RD |
Tendring RD | Essex | 1894 | 1974 | Tendring |
Hawarden RD | Flintshire | 1894 | 1974 | Wrexham Maelor, Alyn and Deeside |
Holywell RD | Flintshire | 1894 | 1974 | Delyn |
Overton RD (1894–1953),[9] Maelor RD (1953–74)[10] | Flintshire | 1894 | 1974 | Wrexham Maelor |
St Asaph (Flint) RD (1894–1934), St Asaph RD (1934–74) | Flintshire | 1894 | 1974 | Rhuddlan |
Cowbridge RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Taff-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan |
Gelligaer and Rhigos RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1908 | Gelligaer UD, absorbed by Neath RD |
Gower RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Swansea |
Llandaff and Dinas Powis RD (1894–1922), Cardiff RD (1922–74) | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Rhymney Valley, Taff-Ely |
Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Taff-Ely |
Penybont RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ogwr |
Pontardawe RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1974 | Lliw Valley |
Swansea RD | Glamorganshire | 1894 | 1930 | Llwchwr UD |
Neath RD | Glamorganshire and Brecknockshire (1894–1934),[11] Glamorganshire (1934–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Neath, Cynon Valley |
Barton Regis RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1904 | absorbed by Chipping Sodbury RD, Bristol CB and Thornbury RD |
Campden RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1935 | North Cotswold RD, absorbed by Stratford on Avon RD, Warwickshire |
Cheltenham RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Tewkesbury |
Chipping Sodbury RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1935 | Sodbury RD, absorbed by Tetbury RD, Thornbury RD and Warmley RD |
Dursley RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Stroud |
East Dean and United Parishes RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1935 | East Dean RD, absorbed by Gloucester RD and West Dean RD |
Gloucester RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Stroud, Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury |
Lydney RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Forest of Dean |
Marston Sicca RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1931 | absorbed by Stratford on Avon RD, Warwickshire |
Northleach RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Cotswold |
Pebworth RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1931 | absorbed by Campden RD and Evesham RD, Worcestershire |
Stroud RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Stroud |
Thornbury RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Northavon, Stroud |
Warmley RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Kingswood |
West Dean RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Forest of Dean |
Wheatenhurst RD | Gloucestershire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Gloucester RD |
Tetbury RD | Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (1894–1930),[12] [13] Gloucestershire (1930–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Cotswold |
Cirencester RD | Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (1894–97), Gloucestershire (1897–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Cotswold |
Stow on the Wold RD | Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1931),[14] Gloucestershire (1931–35) | 1894 | 1935 | North Cotswold RD, absorbed by Northleach RD |
Newent RD | Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1931),[15] Gloucestershire (1931–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Forest of Dean |
Tewkesbury RD | Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1933),[16] [17] Gloucestershire (1933–35) | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Cheltenham RD, Gloucester RD and Tewkesbury MB |
Winchcombe RD | Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1933),[18] [19] Gloucestershire (1933–35) | 1894 | 1935 | North Cotswold RD, absorbed by Cheltenham RD |
Alresford RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Alton RD, Droxford RD and Winchester RD |
Alton RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1974 | East Hampshire |
Andover RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1974 | Test Valley |
Basingstoke RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1974 | Basingstoke |
Catherington RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Droxford RD, Havant UD and Petersfield RD |
Christchurch RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Christchurch MB and Ringwood and Fordingbridge RD |
Dockenfield RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Farnham RD, Surrey |
Droxford RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1974 | Winchester |
Fareham RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Droxford RD, Fareham UD, Gosport MB, Havant UD and Portsmouth CB |
Hartley Wintney RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1974 | Hart |
Havant RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Droxford RD, Havant UD, Petersfield RD and Portsmouth CB |
Hursley RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | Romsey and Stockbridge RD, absorbed by Eastleigh UD, Winchester RD and Winchester MB |
Kingsclere RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | Kingsclere and Whitchurch RD |
Lymington RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Lymington MB and New Forest RD |
New Forest RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1974 | New Forest |
Portsea Island RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Portsmouth CB |
Ringwood RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge RD |
South Stoneham RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | Romsey and Stockbridge RD, absorbed by Eastleigh UD and Winchester RD |
Stockbridge RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | Romsey and Stockbridge RD |
Whitchurch RD | Hampshire | 1894 | 1932 | Kingsclere and Whitchurch RD |
Petersfield RD | Hampshire and West Sussex (1894–95), Hampshire (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | East Hampshire |
Fordingbridge RD | Hampshire and Wiltshire (1894–95), Hampshire (1895–1932) | 1894 | 1932 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge RD |
Romsey RD | Hampshire and Wiltshire (1894–95), Hampshire (1895–1932) | 1894 | 1932 | Romsey and Stockbridge RD, absorbed by Romsey MB |
Bredwardine RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1934 | Dore and Bredwardine RD, absorbed by Kington RD |
Dore RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1934 | Dore and Bredwardine RD |
Hereford RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Herefordshire |
Kington RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Leominster |
Ledbury RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Malvern Hills |
Leominster RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1930 | Leominster and Wigmore RD |
Ross RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1931 | Ross and Whitchurch RD |
Weobley RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Leominster |
Whitchurch RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1931 | Ross and Whitchurch RD |
Wigmore RD | Herefordshire | 1894 | 1930 | Leominster and Wigmore RD |
Bromyard RD | Herefordshire and Worcestershire (1894–97), Herefordshire (1897–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Malvern Hills |
Ashwell RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1935 | Braughing RD, absorbed by Hitchin RD and Royston UD |
Barnet RD (1894–1941),[20] Elstree RD (1941–74)[21] | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Hertsmere |
Berkhampstead RD (1894–1937), Berkhamsted RD (1937–74) | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Dacorum |
Bishop's Stortford RD (1894–95),[22] Hadham RD (1895–1935)[23] | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1935 | Braughing RD, absorbed by Bishop's Stortford UD and Ware RD |
Buntingford RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1935 | Braughing RD, absorbed by Hitchin RD |
Hatfield RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Welwyn Hatfield |
Hemel Hempstead RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Dacorum |
Hertford RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Stevenage, East Hertfordshire |
Kensworth RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1897 | absorbed by Hemel Hempstead RD and Luton RD, Bedfordshire |
St Albans RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | St Albans, Dacorum |
Studham RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1897 | absorbed by Luton RD, Bedfordshire |
Ware RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | East Hertfordshire |
Watford RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Hertsmere, Dacorum, Three Rivers |
Welwyn RD | Hertfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Welwyn Hatfield |
Hitchin RD | Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire (1894–97), Hertfordshire (1897–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | North Hertfordshire |
Huntingdon RD | Huntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Huntingdon |
Norman Cross RD | Huntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Huntingdon, Peterborough |
St Ives RD | Huntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Huntingdon |
St Neots RD | Huntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Huntingdon |
West Welney RD | Isle of Ely | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Downham RD, Norfolk |
Whittlesey RD | Isle of Ely | 1894 | 1926 | absorbed by Whittlesey UD |
Ely RD | Isle of Ely (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | East Cambridgeshire |
North Witchford RD | Isle of Ely (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Fenland |
Wisbech RD | Isle of Ely (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Fenland |
Thorney RD | Isle of Ely (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Peterborough |
Isle of Wight RD | Isle of Wight | 1894 | 1974 | South Wight |
Blean RD | Kent | 1894 | 1934 | Bridge-Blean RD, absorbed by Canterbury CB, Herne Bay UD and Whitstable UD |
Bridge RD | Kent | 1894 | 1934 | Bridge-Blean RD, absorbed by Canterbury CB and Dover RD |
Bromley RD | Kent | 1894 | 1934 | Chislehurst and Sidcup UD and Orpington UD, absorbed by Bromley MB and Beckenham UD |
Cranbrook RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Tunbridge Wells |
Dartford RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Sevenoaks, Dartford |
Dover RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Dover |
East Ashford RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Ashford |
Eastry RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Dover, Thanet |
Elham RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Shepway |
Faversham RD | Kent | 1894 | 1934 | Bridge-Blean RD and Swale RD, absorbed by East Ashford RD, West Ashford RD and Whitstable UD |
Hollingbourne RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Maidstone |
Hoo RD | Kent | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Strood RD |
Isle of Thanet RD | Kent | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Broadstairs and St Peter's UD, Eastry RD, Margate MB, Ramsgate MB and Sandwich MB |
Maidstone RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Maidstone |
Malling RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Tonbridge and Malling |
Medway RD | Kent | 1894 | 1905 | |
Milton RD | Kent | 1894 | 1935 | Swale RD |
Romney Marsh RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Shepway |
Sevenoaks RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Sevenoaks |
Sheppey RD | Kent | 1894 | 1968 | Queenborough in Sheppey MB |
Strood RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Rochester-upon-Medway, Gravesham |
Tenterden RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Ashford |
West Ashford RD | Kent | 1894 | 1974 | Ashford |
Tonbridge RD | Kent and East Sussex (1894–95), Kent (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling |
Barton upon Irwell RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Eccles MB, Kearsley UD, Stretford MB, Swinton and Pendlebury UD, Urmston UD and Worsley UD |
Blackburn RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Hyndburn, Blackburn, Ribble Valley |
Bolton RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1898 | absorbed by Bolton CB, Turton UD and Westhoughton UD |
Burnley RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Pendle, Ribble Valley, Burnley |
Bury RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Heywood MB, Radcliffe UD, Ramsbottom UD and Rochdale CB |
Chorley RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Chorley |
Clitheroe RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Ribble Valley |
Dalton RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by South Westmorland RD, Westmorland |
Fylde RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Fylde |
Garstang RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Wyre |
Lancaster RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Lancaster |
Leigh RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Golborne UD and Tyldesley UD |
Limehurst RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1954 | absorbed by Ashton-under-Lyne MB, Droylsden UD, Failsworth UD, Mossley MB and Oldham CB |
Lunesdale RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Lancaster |
Preston RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | South Ribble, Preston, Ribble Valley |
Sefton RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by West Lancashire RD |
Ulverston RD (1894–1960),[24] North Lonsdale RD (1960–74)[25] | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | South Lakeland |
Warrington RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Warrington |
West Lancashire RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Sefton, Knowsley, West Lancashire |
Whiston RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Warrington, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton |
Wigan RD | Lancashire | 1894 | 1974 | Wigan, West Lancashire |
Barrow upon Soar RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Charnwood |
Belvoir RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1935 | Melton and Belvoir RD |
Billesdon RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Harborough |
Blaby RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Blaby |
Castle Donington RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | North West Leicestershire |
Hallaton RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Market Harborough RD |
Hinckley RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1936 | absorbed by Atherstone RD, Warwickshire, Blaby RD, Hinckley UD, Market Bosworth RD and Nuneaton MB, Warwickshire |
Loughborough RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1936 | absorbed by Barrow upon Soar RD, Castle Donington RD, Coalville UD and Shepshed UD |
Lutterworth RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Harborough |
Market Bosworth RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | North West Leicestershire, Hinckley and Bosworth |
Market Harborough RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Harborough |
Melton Mowbray RD | Leicestershire | 1894 | 1935 | Melton and Belvoir RD, absorbed by Melton Mowbray UD |
Ashby de la Zouch RD | Leicestershire and Derbyshire (1894–97), Leicestershire (1897–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | North West Leicestershire |
Boston RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland | 1894 | 1974 | Boston |
Crowland RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland | 1894 | 1932 | |
East Elloe RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland | 1894 | 1974 | South Holland |
Spalding RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland and Parts of Kesteven (1894–1930),[26] [27] Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland (1930–74) | 1894 | 1974 | South Holland |
Bourne RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1894 | 1931 | South Kesteven RD |
Branston RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1894 | 1931 | North Kesteven RD |
Claypole RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1894 | 1931 | North Kesteven RD and West Kesteven RD |
Grantham RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1894 | 1931 | East Kesteven RD and West Kesteven RD |
Sleaford RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1894 | 1931 | East Kesteven RD, North Kesteven RD and West Kesteven RD |
Uffington RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 1894 | 1931 | South Kesteven RD |
Caistor RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | West Lindsey |
Gainsborough RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | West Lindsey |
Glanford Brigg RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | Glanford |
Grimsby RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | Cleethorpes |
Horncastle RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Isle of Axholme RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | Boothferry |
Louth RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Sibsey RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1936 | absorbed by Spilsby RD |
Spilsby RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | East Lindsey |
Welton RD | Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey | 1894 | 1974 | West Lindsey |
Deudraeth RD | Merionethshire | 1894 | 1974 | Meirionnydd |
Edeirnion RD | Merionethshire | 1894 | 1974 | Glyndŵr |
Penllyn RD | Merionethshire | 1894 | 1974 | Meirionnydd |
Dolgelly RD (1894–1958), Dolgellau RD (1958–74) | Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (1894–95), Merionethshire (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Meirionnydd |
Hendon RD | Middlesex | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Harrow UD and Wembley UD |
South Mimms RD | Middlesex | 1894 | 1934 | Potters Bar UD |
Staines RD | Middlesex | 1894 | 1930 | absorbed by Feltham UD, Hayes UD, Heston and Isleworth UD, Staines UD, Sunbury-on-Thames UD and Yiewsley and West Drayton UD |
Uxbridge RD | Middlesex | 1894 | 1929 | absorbed by Ealing MB, Ruislip-Northwood UD, Uxbridge UD and Yiewsley UD |
Abergavenny RD | Monmouthshire | 1894 | 1974 | Monmouth |
Chepstow RD | Monmouthshire | 1894 | 1974 | Monmouth |
Magor RD | Monmouthshire | 1894 | 1935 | Magor and St Mellons RD, absorbed by Caerleon UD, Newport CB and Pontypool RD |
Monmouth RD | Monmouthshire | 1894 | 1974 | Monmouth |
Pontypool RD | Monmouthshire | 1894 | 1974 | Torfaen, Monmouth |
St Mellons RD | Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire (1894–95), Monmouthshire (1895–1935) | 1894 | 1935 | Magor and St Mellons RD, absorbed by Newport CB |
Forden RD | Montgomeryshire | 1894 | 1974 | Montgomery |
Llanfyllin RD | Montgomeryshire | 1894 | 1974 | Montgomery |
Newtown and Llanidloes RD | Montgomeryshire | 1894 | 1974 | Montgomery |
Machynlleth RD | Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire and Cardiganshire (1894–1934),[28] [29] Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire (1934–55), Montgomeryshire (1955–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Montgomery |
Aylsham RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | St Faith's and Aylsham RD, absorbed by Erpingham RD, Smallburgh RD and Walsingham RD |
Blofield RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | Blofield and Flegg RD (small part transferred to Loddon RD) |
Central Wingland RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1897 | absorbed by East Elloe RD, Parts of Holland and Marshland RD[30] |
Depwade RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | South Norfolk |
Docking RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | West Norfolk |
Downham RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | West Norfolk |
East and West Flegg RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | Blofield and Flegg RD |
Erpingham RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | North Norfolk |
Forehoe RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | Forehoe and Henstead RD and Wymondham UD |
Freebridge Lynn RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | West Norfolk |
Guiltcross RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1902 | absorbed by Depwade RD, Thetford RD and Wayland RD |
Henstead RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | Forehoe and Henstead RD (small part transferred to Blofield and Flegg RD) |
King's Lynn RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by King's Lynn MB and Marshland RD |
Loddon and Clavering RD (1894–1935),[31] Loddon RD (1935–74)[32] | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | South Norfolk |
Marshland RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | West Norfolk |
Mitford and Launditch RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | Breckland |
Redmere RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Ely RD, Isle of Ely |
Smallburgh RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | North Norfolk |
St Faith's RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | St Faith's and Aylsham RD |
Swaffham RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | Breckland |
Thetford RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Downham RD, Swaffham RD and Wayland RD |
Walsingham RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | North Norfolk |
Wayland RD | Norfolk | 1894 | 1974 | Breckland |
Aysgarth RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Richmondshire |
Bedale RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Hambleton |
Croft RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Richmondshire, Hambleton |
Easingwold RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Hambleton |
Flaxton RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ryedale |
Guisborough RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1932 | Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea UD, absorbed by Guisborough UD, Loftus UD, Redcar MB and Whitby RD |
Helmsley RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ryedale |
Kirby Moorside RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ryedale |
Leyburn RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Richmondshire |
Lower Dunsforth RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Great Ouseburn RD, West Riding of Yorkshire |
Malton RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ryedale |
Middlesbrough RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Middlesbrough CB and Stokesley RD |
Northallerton RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Hambleton |
Pickering RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ryedale |
Reeth RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Richmondshire |
Richmond RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Richmondshire |
Scarborough RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Scarborough |
Startforth RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Teesdale |
Stokesley RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hambleton |
Thirsk RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Harrogate, Hambleton |
Wath RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Harrogate |
Whitby RD | North Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Scarborough |
Brackley RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Northamptonshire |
Brixworth RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Northampton, Daventry |
Crick RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Daventry RD |
Daventry RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Daventry |
Easton on the Hill RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | Oundle and Thrapston RD |
Gretton RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | Oundle and Thrapston RD, absorbed by Kettering RD |
Hardingstone RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Northampton RD and Northampton CB |
Kettering RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Corby, Kettering |
Middleton Cheney RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Brackley RD |
Northampton RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Northamptonshire, Northampton |
Oxendon RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Kettering RD |
Potterspury RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Northampton RD and Towcester RD |
Towcester RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Northamptonshire |
Wellingborough RD | Northamptonshire | 1894 | 1974 | Northampton, East Northamptonshire, Wellingborough |
Oundle RD | Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire (1894–1935)[33] [34] | 1894 | 1935 | Oundle and Thrapston RD, absorbed by Huntingdon RD and Norman Cross RD |
Thrapston RD | Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire (1894–1935)[35] [36] | 1894 | 1935 | Oundle and Thrapston RD, absorbed by Huntingdon RD and St Neots RD, Huntingdonshire and Raunds UD, Northamptonshire |
Alnwick RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Alnwick |
Belford RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Bellingham RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Tynedale |
Castle Ward RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Castle Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Glendale RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Haltwhistle RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Tynedale |
Hexham RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Tynedale |
Morpeth RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Castle Morpeth |
Norham and Islandshires RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Rothbury RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1974 | Alnwick |
Tynemouth RD | Northumberland | 1894 | 1912 | Longbenton UD and Seaton Delaval UD, absorbed by Blyth MB, Cramlington UD, Wallsend MB and Whitley and Monkseaton UD |
Auckley RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Doncaster RD, West Riding of Yorkshire |
Bingham RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Rushcliffe |
Blyth and Cuckney RD (1894–1925),[37] Worksop RD (1925–74)[38] | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Doncaster, Bassetlaw |
East Retford RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Doncaster, Bassetlaw |
Leake RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Basford RD |
Misterton RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by East Retford RD |
Newark RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Newark |
Skegby RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Southwell RD, Sutton in Ashfield UD and Worksop UD |
Southwell RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1974 | Newark |
Stapleford RD | Nottinghamshire | 1894 | 1935 | Beeston and Stapleford UD |
Basford RD | Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire (1894–1934),[39] Nottinghamshire (1934–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Ashfield, Gedling |
Banbury RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Cherwell |
Bicester RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | Ploughley RD, absorbed by Bicester UD |
Chipping Norton RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | West Oxfordshire |
Crowmarsh RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | Bullingdon RD, absorbed by Henley RD |
Culham RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | Bullingdon RD |
Goring RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Henley RD |
Headington RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | Bullingdon RD and Ploughley RD |
Henley RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Oxfordshire |
Thame RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | Bullingdon RD |
Witney RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1974 | West Oxfordshire |
Woodstock RD | Oxfordshire | 1894 | 1932 | Ploughley RD, absorbed by Banbury RD and Chipping Norton RD |
Haverfordwest RD | Pembrokeshire | 1894 | 1974 | Preseli |
Llanfyrnach RD | Pembrokeshire | 1894 | 1934 | Cemaes RD |
Narberth RD | Pembrokeshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Pembrokeshire |
Pembroke RD | Pembrokeshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Pembrokeshire |
St Dogmells RD | Pembrokeshire | 1894 | 1934 | Cemaes RD |
Colwyn RD | Radnorshire | 1894 | 1974 | Radnor |
Knighton RD | Radnorshire | 1894 | 1974 | Radnor |
New Radnor RD | Radnorshire | 1894 | 1974 | Radnor |
Painscastle RD | Radnorshire | 1894 | 1974 | Radnor |
Rhayader RD | Radnorshire and Brecknockshire (1894–1934),[40] Radnorshire (1934–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Radnor |
Ketton RD | Rutland | 1894 | 1974 | Rutland |
Oakham RD | Rutland | 1894 | 1974 | Rutland |
Uppingham RD | Rutland | 1894 | 1974 | Rutland |
Atcham RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1974 | Shrewsbury |
Bridgnorth RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1974 | Bridgnorth |
Burford RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Ludlow RD |
Chirbury RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Clun RD |
Church Stretton RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Atcham RD, Bridgnorth RD, Church Stretton UD and Ludlow RD |
Cleobury Mortimer RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Bridgnorth RD and Ludlow RD |
Clun RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1967 | Clun and Bishop's Castle RD, absorbed by Atcham RD and Ludlow RD |
Drayton RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1966 | Market Drayton RD |
Ellesmere RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1967 | North Shropshire RD, absorbed by Atcham RD and Oswestry RD |
Ludlow RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Shropshire |
Madeley RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Atcham RD and Shifnal RD |
Newport RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1936 | absorbed by Wellington RD |
Oswestry RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1974 | Oswestry |
Teme RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Clun RD |
Wellington RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1974 | The Wrekin |
Wem RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1967 | North Shropshire RD |
Whitchurch RD | Shropshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Drayton RD, Wem RD and Whitchurch UD |
Shifnal RD | Shropshire and Staffordshire (1894–1934),[41] Shropshire (1934–74) | 1894 | 1974 | The Wrekin, Bridgnorth |
Peterborough RD | Soke of Peterborough (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Peterborough |
Barnack RD | Soke of Peterborough and Huntingdonshire (1894–1935),[42] Soke of Peterborough (1935–65), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Peterborough |
Axbridge RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Woodspring, Sedgemoor, Mendip |
Bath RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1933 | Bathavon RD |
Bridgwater RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Sedgemoor |
Clutton RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Wansdyke, Mendip |
Dulverton RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | West Somerset |
Frome RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Mendip |
Keynsham RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1933 | Bathavon RD, absorbed by Bristol CB |
Langport RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Yeovil |
Long Ashton RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Woodspring |
Poyntington RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by Sherborne RD, Dorset |
Shepton Mallet RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Mendip |
Wellington RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Taunton Deane |
Wells RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Mendip |
Williton RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | West Somerset |
Wincanton RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Yeovil |
Yeovil RD | Somerset | 1894 | 1974 | Yeovil |
Taunton RD | Somerset and Devon (1894–96), Somerset (1896–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Taunton Deane |
Chard RD | Somerset and Dorset (1894–95), Somerset (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Yeovil |
Blore Heath RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Newcastle-under-Lyme RD |
Cannock RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Staffordshire |
Cheadle RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Staffordshire Moorlands |
Dudley RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1929 | absorbed by Dudley CB, Worcestershire |
Gnosall RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Cannock RD and Stafford RD |
Kingswinford RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Brierley Hill UD |
Leek RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Staffordshire Moorlands |
Lichfield RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Cannock Chase, Lichfield |
Mayfield RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1934 | absorbed by Cheadle RD, Leek RD and Uttoxeter RD |
Newcastle-under-Lyme RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
Stafford RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Stafford |
Stoke upon Trent RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1922 | absorbed by Cheadle RD and Stoke on Trent CB |
Stone RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | Stafford |
Tutbury RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | East Staffordshire |
Uttoxeter RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1974 | East Staffordshire |
Walsall RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1934 | Aldridge UD, absorbed by Darlaston UD and Willenhall UD |
Wolstanton RD | Staffordshire | 1894 | 1904 | Wolstanton United UD, absorbed by Kidsgrove UD, Smallthorne UD and Tunstall UD |
Seisdon RD | Staffordshire and Shropshire (1894–95), Staffordshire (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | South Staffordshire |
Chertsey RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1933 | Bagshot RD and Walton and Weybridge UD, absorbed by Egham UD, Guildford RD and Woking UD |
Croydon RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1915 | Beddington and Wallington UD, Coulsdon and Purley UD and Mitcham UD, absorbed by Epsom RD and Godstone RD |
Dorking RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1933 | Dorking and Horley RD, absorbed by Dorking UD, Guildford RD, Hambledon RD and Leatherhead UD |
Egham RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1906 | Egham UD |
Epsom RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1933 | Banstead UD and Dorking and Horley RD, absorbed by Carshalton UD, Epsom and Ewell UD, Esher UD, Leatherhead UD, Malden and Coombe UD, Surbiton UD and Sutton and Cheam UD |
Farnham RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Farnham UD, Guildford RD, Hambledon RD and Haslemere UD |
Godstone RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1974 | Tandridge |
Guildford RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1974 | Guildford |
Hambledon RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1974 | Waverley |
Kingston upon Thames RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1895 | Esher and the Dittons UD, absorbed by East Molesey UD, Ham UD, New Malden UD and Surbiton UD |
Reigate RD | Surrey | 1894 | 1933 | Banstead UD and Dorking and Horley RD, absorbed by Caterham and Warlingham UD, Coulsdon and Purley UD, Epsom and Ewell UD, Godstone RD and Reigate MB |
Alcester RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1974 | Stratford-on-Avon |
Atherstone RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1974 | North Warwickshire |
Brailes RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1931 | absorbed by Shipston on Stour RD |
Castle Bromwich RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1912 | absorbed by Meriden RD |
Coventry RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1928 | absorbed by Coventry CB |
Farnborough RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Southam RD |
Foleshill RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Bedworth UD, Coventry CB, Meriden RD, Rugby RD and Warwick RD |
Meriden RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1974 | Solihull, North Warwickshire, Coventry |
Monks Kirby RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Rugby RD |
Nuneaton RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1932 | absorbed by Atherstone RD, Bedworth UD, Meriden RD and Rugby RD |
Rugby RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1974 | Rugby |
Solihull RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1932 | Solihull UD, absorbed by Meriden RD, Stratford on Avon RD and Warwick RD |
Stratford on Avon RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1974 | Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon |
Warwick RD | Warwickshire | 1894 | 1974 | Warwick |
Southam RD | Warwickshire and Northamptonshire (1894–95), Warwickshire (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Stratford-on-Avon |
Tamworth RD | Warwickshire and Staffordshire (1894–1934),[43] [44] Warwickshire (1934–74) | 1894 | 1965 | absorbed by Atherstone RD, Meriden RD and Tamworth MB, Staffordshire |
Shipston on Stour RD | Warwickshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1931),[45] Warwickshire and Worcestershire (1931–74) | 1894 | 1974 | Stratford-on-Avon |
Barnsley RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1938 | absorbed by Barnsley CB, Darton UD, Hemsworth RD, Penistone RD and Royston UD |
Bishopthorpe RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1937 | absorbed by Tadcaster RD |
Bowland RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Ribble Valley |
Doncaster RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Doncaster |
Goole RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Boothferry |
Great Ouseburn RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1938 | Nidderdale RD |
Halifax RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1937 | absorbed by Brighouse MB, Elland UD, Huddersfield CB, Sowerby Bridge UD and Spenborough UD |
Hemsworth RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Selby, Barnsley, Wakefield |
Hunslet RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1937 | absorbed by Rothwell UD, West Riding of Yorkshire. |
Keighley RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1938 | absorbed by Keighley MB |
Kiveton Park RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Rotherham |
Knaresborough RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1938 | Nidderdale RD, absorbed by Harrogate MB and Knaresborough UD |
Leeds RD, Leeds Roundhay and Seacroft RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1912 | absorbed by Leeds CB |
Pateley Bridge RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1937 | Ripon and Pateley Bridge RD |
Penistone RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Barnsley |
Pontefract RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1938 | Osgoldcross RD, absorbed by Knottingley UD and Pontefract MB |
Ripon RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1938 | Ripon and Pateley Bridge RD |
Rotherham RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Rotherham |
Saddleworth RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1900 | Saddleworth UD |
Sedbergh RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | South Lakeland |
Selby RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Selby |
Settle RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Craven |
Skipton RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Bradford, Craven, Pendle |
Tadcaster RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Leeds, Selby |
Thorne RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | | - | Todmorden RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1939 | Hepton RD |
Wakefield RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | | - | Wetherby RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Harrogate, Leeds |
Wharfedale RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Leeds, Harrogate |
Wortley RD | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1894 | 1974 | Barnsley, Sheffield |
Brandon RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Mildenhall RD and Thingoe RD |
Clare RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | St Edmundsbury |
Cosford RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | Babergh |
Melford RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | Babergh |
Mildenhall RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | Forest Heath |
Moulton RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1935 | absorbed by Clare RD and Mildenhall RD |
Thedwastre RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | |
Thingoe RD | West Suffolk | 1894 | 1974 | St Edmundsbury |
East Preston RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1933 | Chichester RD and Worthing RD, absorbed by Littlehampton UD |
Horsham RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Horsham |
Midhurst RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Chichester |
Petworth RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1974 | Chichester |
Steyning West RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1933 | Chanctonbury RD and Worthing RD, absorbed by Shoreham-by-Sea UD and Worthing MB |
Thakenham RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1933 | Chanctonbury RD and Worthing RD, absorbed by Horsham RD and Worthing MB |
Westbourne RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1933 | Chichester RD |
Westhampnett RD | West Sussex | 1894 | 1933 | |
East Westmorland RD | | 1894 | 1935 | North Westmorland RD, absorbed by South Westmorland RD |
South Westmorland RD | | 1894 | 1974 | South Lakeland |
West Ward RD | Westmorland | 1894 | 1935 | Lakes UD and North Westmorland RD, absorbed by South Westmorland RD |
Amesbury RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1974 | Salisbury |
Bradford-on-Avon RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Bradford and Melksham RD, absorbed by Bradford-on-Avon UD, Melksham UD and Trowbridge UD |
Bramshaw RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1895 | absorbed by New Forest RD, Hampshire |
Calne RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Calne and Chippenham RD, absorbed by Calne MB |
Chippenham RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Calne and Chippenham RD |
Cricklade and Wootton Bassett RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1974 | North Wiltshire |
Devizes RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1974 | Kennet |
Highworth RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1974 | Thamesdown |
Malmesbury RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1974 | North Wiltshire |
Marlborough RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Marlborough and Ramsbury RD, absorbed by Marlborough MB |
Melksham RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Bradford and Melksham RD, absorbed by Devizes RD and Melksham UD |
Pewsey RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1974 | Kennet |
Ramsbury RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Marlborough and Ramsbury RD |
Salisbury RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | |
Tisbury RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Mere and Tisbury RD |
Warminster RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Warminster and Westbury RD |
Westbury and Whorwellsdown RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Warminster and Westbury RD |
Wilton RD | Wiltshire | 1894 | 1934 | Salisbury and Wilton RD and Warminster and Westbury RD, absorbed by Wilton MB |
Mere RD | Wiltshire and Somerset (1894–96), Wiltshire (1896–1934) | 1894 | 1934 | Mere and Tisbury RD and Warminster and Westbury RD |
Bromsgrove RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Bromsgrove |
Droitwich RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Wychavon, Worcester |
Evesham RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Wychavon |
Feckenham RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Evesham RD and Redditch UD |
Halesowen RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1925 | |
King's Norton RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1898 | King's Norton and Northfield UD |
Martley RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Malvern Hills |
Mathon RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1897 | absorbed by Ledbury RD, Herefordshire |
Pershore RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Worcester, Wychavon |
Rock RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1933 | absorbed by Kidderminster RD and Tenbury RD |
Stourbridge RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1897 | Lye and Wollescote UD |
Tenbury RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Leominster |
Upton upon Severn RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1974 | Malvern Hills |
Warley RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1908 | absorbed by Oldbury UD |
Yardley RD | Worcestershire | 1894 | 1912 | absorbed by Birmingham CB |
Kidderminster RD | Worcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire (1894–95), Worcestershire (1895–1974) | 1894 | 1974 | Wyre Forest | |
In the period 1895–1929 only two rural districts were formed, while forty-six were abolished, a net decrease of 44, bringing the total number of rural districts to 646.
In the 1930s sixty-two rural districts were formed and two hundred thirty-one abolished, a net decrease of 169, bringing the total number of rural districts to 477. This was largely due to the County review orders instigated by the Local Government Act 1929.
From 1940 until their abolition in 1974, there were only six more rural districts formed and a further thirteen abolished, a net decrease of 7, bringing the total number of rural districts to 470.