List of rural districts formed in England and Wales 1894–1974 explained

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.

1894

Initially 690 rural districts were created under the Local Government Act 1894.

In the table:

Rural DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)
Aethwy RDAnglesey18941974Anglesey – Ynys Môn
Dwyran RDAnglesey18941933absorbed by Aethwy RD
Twrcelyn RDAnglesey18941974Anglesey – Ynys Môn
Valley RDAnglesey18941974Anglesey – Ynys Môn
Bedford RDBedfordshire18941974Bedford
Biggleswade RDBedfordshire18941974Mid Bedfordshire
Eaton Bray RDBedfordshire18941933absorbed by Luton RD
Eaton Socon RDBedfordshire18941934absorbed by Bedford RD
Holwell RDBedfordshire18941897absorbed by Hitchin RD, Hertfordshire
Luton RDBedfordshire18941974South Bedfordshire
Woburn RDBedfordshire18941900absorbed by Ampthill RD and Eaton Bray RD
Ampthill RDBedfordshire and Hertfordshire (1894–97), Bedfordshire (1897–1974)18941974Mid Bedfordshire
Abingdon RDBerkshire18941974Vale of White Horse
Bradfield RDBerkshire18941974Newbury
Cookham RDBerkshire18941974Windsor and Maidenhead
Easthampstead RDBerkshire18941974Bracknell
Hungerford RDBerkshire18941974Newbury
Newbury RDBerkshire18941974Newbury
Wallingford RDBerkshire18941974South Oxfordshire
Wantage RDBerkshire18941974Vale of White Horse, Newbury
Windsor RDBerkshire18941974Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham RDBerkshire18941974Wokingham
Faringdon RDBerkshire and Gloucestershire (1894–1935),[1] [2] Berkshire (1935–74)18941974Vale of White Horse
Brecknock RDBrecknockshire18941974Brecknock
Builth RDBrecknockshire18941974Brecknock
Crickhowell RDBrecknockshire18941974Blaenau Gwent, Brecknock
Hay RDBrecknockshire18941974Brecknock
Vaynor and Penderyn RDBrecknockshire18941974Merthyr Tydfil, Brecknock, Cynon Valley
Ystradgynlais RDBrecknockshire18941974Brecknock
Amersham RDBuckinghamshire18941974Chiltern
Aylesbury RDBuckinghamshire18941974Aylesbury Vale
Buckingham RDBuckinghamshire18941974Aylesbury Vale
Eton RDBuckinghamshire18941974Beaconsfield, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead
Hambleden RDBuckinghamshire18941934absorbed by Wycombe RD
Long Crendon RDBuckinghamshire18941934
Newport Pagnell RDBuckinghamshire18941974Milton Keynes
Stratford and Wolverton RDBuckinghamshire18941919Stratford and Wolverton UD
Wing RDBuckinghamshire18941974Aylesbury Vale
Winslow RDBuckinghamshire18941974Aylesbury Vale, Milton Keynes
Wycombe RDBuckinghamshire and Oxfordshire (1894–96), Buckinghamshire (1896–1974)18941974
Geirionydd RDCaernarfonshire18941934Nant Conway RD
Glaslyn RDCaernarfonshire18941934absorbed by Criccieth UD, Gwyrfai RD, Lleyn RD and Porthmadog UD
Gwyrfai RDCaernarfonshire18941974Arfon, Dwyfor
Lleyn RDCaernarfonshire18941974Dwyfor
Ogwen RDCaernarfonshire18941974Arfon
Conway RD, Glan Conway RDCaernarfonshire and Denbighshire[3] (1894–1934)18941934Nant Conway RD, absorbed by Conway MB and Llandudno cum Eglwys Rhos UD
Linton RDCambridgeshire18941934South Cambridgeshire RD
Swavesey RDCambridgeshire18941934absorbed by Chesterton RD
Chesterton RDCambridgeshire (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)18941974South Cambridgeshire
Newmarket RDCambridgeshire (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)18941974East Cambridgeshire
Melbourn RDCambridgeshire and Essex (1894–95), Cambridgeshire (1895–1934)18941934South Cambridgeshire RD
Caxton and Arrington RDCambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1894–95), Cambridgeshire (1895–1934)18941934absorbed by Chesterton RD, South Cambridgeshire RD
Aberayron RDCardiganshire18941974Ceredigion
Aberystwyth RDCardiganshire18941974Ceredigion
Cardigan RDCardiganshire18941934Teifiside RD
Lampeter RDCardiganshire18941934absorbed by Aberayron RD
Llandyssil RDCardiganshire18941934Teifiside RD
Tregaron RDCardiganshire18941974Ceredigion
Carmarthen RDCarmarthenshire18941974Carmarthen
Llandillofawr RDCarmarthenshire18941935
Llandovery RDCarmarthenshire18941935absorbed by Llandilo RD
Llanelly RD (1894–1966), Llanelli RD (1966–74)Carmarthenshire18941974Llanelli
Llanybyther RDCarmarthenshire18941935absorbed by Newcastle Emlyn RD
Newcastle in Emlyn RD (1894–1935),[4] Newcastle Emlyn RD (1935–74)[5] Carmarthenshire18941974Carmarthen
Whitland RDCarmarthenshire18941935absorbed by Carmarthen RD
Altrincham RD (1894–95), Bucklow RD (1895–1974)Cheshire18941974Trafford, Manchester, Macclesfield
Chester RDCheshire18941974Chester
Congleton RDCheshire18941974Congleton
Disley RDCheshire18941974Macclesfield
Macclesfield RDCheshire18941974Macclesfield
Malpas RDCheshire18941936absorbed by Nantwich RD and Tarvin RD
Nantwich RDCheshire18941974Crewe and Nantwich
Northwich RDCheshire18941974Vale Royal
Runcorn RDCheshire18941974Vale Royal, Warrington, Halton
Stockport RDCheshire18941904Handforth UD
Tarvin RDCheshire18941974Chester
Tintwistle RDCheshire18941974High Peak
Tittenley RDCheshire18941895absorbed by Drayton RD, Shropshire
Wirral RDCheshire18941933absorbed by Bebington UD, Birkenhead CB, Ellesmere Port UD, Hoylake UD, Neston UD, Wallasey CB and Wirral UD
Bodmin RDCornwall18941934absorbed by Bodmin MB, Liskeard RD, Lostwithiel MB, St Austell RD and Wadebridge RD
Calstock RDCornwall18941934absorbed by St Germans RD
Camelford RDCornwall18941974North Cornwall
East Kerrier RDCornwall18941934Kerrier RD, absorbed by Falmouth MB, Penryn MB and Truro RD
Helston RDCornwall18941934Camborne-Redruth UD and Kerrier RD, absorbed by Helston MB
Isles of Scilly RDCornwall18941974Isles of Scilly
Launceston RDCornwall18941974North Cornwall
Liskeard RDCornwall18941974Caradon
Redruth RDCornwall18941934Camborne-Redruth UD and Kerrier RD, absorbed by Truro RD and West Penwith RD
St Austell RDCornwall18941974Restormel
St Columb Major RDCornwall18941934Wadebridge RD, absorbed by Newquay UD, Padstow UD, St Austell RD and Truro RD
St Germans RDCornwall18941974Caradon
Stratton RDCornwall18941974North Cornwall
Truro RDCornwall18941974Carrick
West Penwith RDCornwall18941974Penwith
Auckland RDCounty Durham18941937absorbed by Barnard Castle RD, Bishop Auckland UD, Crook and Willington UD, Darlington RD, Sedgefield RD, Shildon UD, Spennymoor UD and Weardale RD
Barnard Castle RDCounty Durham18941974Teesdale
Chester le Street RDCounty Durham18941974Sunderland, Gateshead, Chester-le-Street
Darlington RDCounty Durham18941974Darlington, Sunderland
Durham RDCounty Durham18941974Durham
Easington RDCounty Durham18941974Easington, Sunderland
Hartlepool RDCounty Durham18941937absorbed by Stockton RD
Houghton le Spring RDCounty Durham18941937absorbed by Durham RD, Easington RD, Hetton UD and Houghton-le-Spring UD
Lanchester RDCounty Durham18941974Derwentside
Sedgefield RDCounty Durham18941974Sedgefield
South Shields RDCounty Durham18941936Boldon UD, absorbed by Felling UD, Hebburn UD, Jarrow MB and South Shields CB
Stockton RDCounty Durham18941974Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool
Sunderland RDCounty Durham18941967absorbed by Houghton-le-Spring UD, Seaham UD, Sunderland CB and Washington UD
Weardale RDCounty Durham18941974Wear Valley
Alston Moor RD, Alston with Garrigill RDCumberland18941974Eden
Bootle RDCumberland18941934Ennerdale RD and Millom RD
Brampton RDCumberland18941934Border RD, absorbed by Penrith RD
Carlisle RDCumberland18941934Border RD, absorbed by Penrith RD
Cockermouth RDCumberland18941974Allerdale
Longtown RDCumberland18941934Border RD
Penrith RDCumberland18941974Eden
Whitehaven RDCumberland18941934
Wigton RDCumberland18941974Allerdale
Chirk RDDenbighshire18941935Ceiriog RD
Llangollen RDDenbighshire18941935absorbed by Ruthin RD and Wrexham RD
Llanrwst RDDenbighshire18941935Hiraethog RD, absorbed by Llanrwst UD
Llansillin RDDenbighshire18941935Ceiriog RD
Ruthin RDDenbighshire18941974Glyndŵr
St Asaph (Denbigh) RDDenbighshire18941935Abergele UD and Aled RD, absorbed by Colwyn Bay MB
Uwchaled RDDenbighshire18941935Hiraethog RD
Wrexham RDDenbighshire18941974Wrexham Maelor, Glyndŵr
Appleby RDDerbyshire18941897absorbed by Ashby de la Zouch RD, Leicestershire
Ashbourne RDDerbyshire18941974West Derbyshire
Bakewell RDDerbyshire18941974West Derbyshire
Belper RDDerbyshire18941974Amber Valley
Blackwell RDDerbyshire18941974Bolsover
Chapel en le Frith RDDerbyshire18941974High Peak
Chesterfield RDDerbyshire18941974Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire
Clowne RDDerbyshire18941974Bolsover
Croxall RDDerbyshire18941895absorbed by Tamworth RD, Staffordshire
Glossop Dale RDDerbyshire18941934
Hartshorn and Seals RDDerbyshire18941934absorbed by Repton RD and Swadlincote UD
Hayfield RDDerbyshire18941934absorbed by Chapel en le Frith RD
Norton RDDerbyshire18941934absorbed by Chesterfield RD and Sheffield CB, West Riding of Yorkshire
Repton RDDerbyshire18941974South Derbyshire
Sudbury RDDerbyshire18941934
Shardlow RDDerbyshire and Nottinghamshire (1894–1927),[6] Derbyshire (1927–59)18941959South East Derbyshire RD
Axminster RDDevon18941974East Devon
Barnstaple RDDevon18941974North Devon
Bideford RDDevon18941974Torridge
Broadwoodwidger RDDevon18941966absorbed by Holsworthy RD and Launceston RD, Cornwall
Crediton RDDevon18941974Tiverton
Culmstock RDDevon18941935absorbed by Tiverton RD
Honiton RDDevon18941974East Devon
Kingsbridge RDDevon18941974South Hams
Newton Abbot RDDevon18941974Teignbridge
Okehampton RDDevon18941974West Devon
Plympton St Mary RDDevon18941974South Hams
South Molton RDDevon18941974North Devon
St Thomas RDDevon1894 1974South Hams
Tavistock RDDevon18941974West Devon
Tiverton RDDevon18941974Tiverton
Torrington RDDevon18941974Torridge
Totnes RDDevon18941974South Hams
Holsworthy RDDevon and Cornwall (1894–1934), Devon (1934–74)18941974Torridge
Blandford RDDorset18941974North Dorset
Bridport RDDorset18941974West Dorset
Cerne RDDorset18941933absorbed by Dorchester RD, Sherborne RD and Sturminster RD
Dorchester RDDorset18941974West Dorset
Poole RDDorset18941933absorbed by Poole MB, Wareham and Purbeck RD and Wimborne and Cranborne RD
Shaftesbury RDDorset18941974North Dorset
Sherborne RDDorset18941974West Dorset
Sturminster RDDorset18941974North Dorset
Wareham and Purbeck RDDorset18941974Purbeck
Weymouth RDDorset18941933absorbed by Dorchester RD and Weymouth and Melcombe Regis MB
Wimborne and Cranborne RDDorset18941974Wimborne
Beaminster RDDorset and Somerset (1894–95), Dorset (1895–1974)18941974West Dorset
Beverley RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941974Beverley
Bridlington RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941974North Wolds, Scarborough
Driffield RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941974North Wolds
Escrick RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941935Derwent RD, absorbed by Pocklington RD
Howden RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941974Boothferry
Norton RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ryedale
Patrington RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941935Holderness RD
Pocklington RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941974North Wolds
Riccal RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941935Derwent RD, absorbed by Howden RD
Sculcoates RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941935Haltemprice UD and Holderness RD, absorbed by Beverley RD, Hedon MB and Kingston upon Hull CB
Sherburn RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941935absorbed by Bridlington RD, Filey UD and Norton RD
Skirlaugh RDEast Riding of Yorkshire18941935Holderness RD, absorbed by Kingston upon Hull CB
Blything RDEast Suffolk18941934Blyth RD, Lothingland RD and Wainford RD, absorbed by Halesworth UD, Leiston-cum-Sizewell UD and Southwold MB
Bosmere and Claydon RDEast Suffolk18941934Deben RD and Gipping RD, absorbed by Ipswich CB
East Stow RDEast Suffolk18941934Gipping RD, absorbed by Stowmarket UD
Hartismere RDEast Suffolk18941974Mid Suffolk
Hoxne RDEast Suffolk18941934Blyth RD, absorbed by Hartismere RD
Mutford and Lothingland RDEast Suffolk18941934Lothingland RD, absorbed by Lowestoft MB
Plomesgate RDEast Suffolk18941934Blyth RD and Deben RD, absorbed by Aldeburgh MB and Hartismere RD
Samford RDEast Suffolk18941974Babergh
Wangford RDEast Suffolk18941934Wainford RD
Woodbridge RDEast Suffolk18941934Deben RD, absorbed by Ipswich CB
Battle RDEast Sussex18941974Rother
Chailey RDEast Sussex18941974Lewes
Eastbourne RDEast Sussex18941934absorbed by Hailsham RD and Seaford UD
Hailsham RDEast Sussex18941974Wealden
Hastings RDEast Sussex18941934absorbed by Battle RD
Newhaven RDEast Sussex18941934absorbed by Chailey RD, Newhaven UD, Lewes MB and Seaford UD
Steyning East RDEast Sussex18941928absorbed by Cuckfield RD and Hove MB
Ticehurst RDEast Sussex18941934absorbed by Battle RD and Uckfield RD
Uckfield RDEast Sussex18941974Wealden
Rye RDEast Sussex and Kent (1894–95), East Sussex (1895–1934)18941934absorbed by Battle RD and Rye MB
East Grinstead RDEast Sussex and Surrey (1894–97), East Sussex (1897–1934)18941934absorbed by Cuckfield RD, East Grinstead UD and Uckfield RD
Cuckfield RDEast Sussex and West Sussex (1894–1908),[7] East Sussex (1908–74)18941974Mid Sussex, Crawley
Belchamp RDEssex18941934
Billericay RDEssex18941934Billericay UD, absorbed by Brentwood UD and Chelmsford RD
Braintree RDEssex18941974Braintree
Bumpstead RDEssex18941934
Chelmsford RDEssex18941974Chelmsford, Brentwood
Dunmow RDEssex18941974Uttlesford
Epping RDEssex18941955Epping and Ongar RD and Harlow UD
Halstead RDEssex18941974Braintree
Lexden and Winstree RDEssex18941974Colchester
Maldon RDEssex18941974Maldon
Ongar RDEssex18941955Epping and Ongar RD
Orsett RDEssex18941936Thurrock UD
Rochford RDEssex18941974Rochford
Romford RDEssex18941934absorbed by Brentwood UD, Hornchurch UD and Romford MB
Royston RDEssex[8] 18941895absorbed by Melbourn RD
Saffron Walden RDEssex18941974Uttlesford
Stansted RDEssex18941934absorbed by Dunmow RD and Saffron Walden RD
Tendring RDEssex18941974Tendring
Hawarden RDFlintshire18941974Wrexham Maelor, Alyn and Deeside
Holywell RDFlintshire18941974Delyn
Overton RD (1894–1953),[9] Maelor RD (1953–74)[10] Flintshire18941974Wrexham Maelor
St Asaph (Flint) RD (1894–1934), St Asaph RD (1934–74)Flintshire18941974Rhuddlan
Cowbridge RDGlamorganshire18941974Taff-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan
Gelligaer and Rhigos RDGlamorganshire18941908Gelligaer UD, absorbed by Neath RD
Gower RDGlamorganshire18941974Swansea
Llandaff and Dinas Powis RD (1894–1922), Cardiff RD (1922–74)Glamorganshire18941974Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, Rhymney Valley, Taff-Ely
Llantrisant and Llantwitfardre RDGlamorganshire18941974Taff-Ely
Penybont RDGlamorganshire18941974Ogwr
Pontardawe RDGlamorganshire18941974Lliw Valley
Swansea RDGlamorganshire18941930Llwchwr UD
Neath RDGlamorganshire and Brecknockshire (1894–1934),[11] Glamorganshire (1934–74)18941974Neath, Cynon Valley
Barton Regis RDGloucestershire18941904absorbed by Chipping Sodbury RD, Bristol CB and Thornbury RD
Campden RDGloucestershire18941935North Cotswold RD, absorbed by Stratford on Avon RD, Warwickshire
Cheltenham RDGloucestershire18941974Tewkesbury
Chipping Sodbury RDGloucestershire18941935Sodbury RD, absorbed by Tetbury RD, Thornbury RD and Warmley RD
Dursley RDGloucestershire18941974Stroud
East Dean and United Parishes RDGloucestershire18941935East Dean RD, absorbed by Gloucester RD and West Dean RD
Gloucester RDGloucestershire18941974Stroud, Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury
Lydney RDGloucestershire18941974Forest of Dean
Marston Sicca RDGloucestershire18941931absorbed by Stratford on Avon RD, Warwickshire
Northleach RDGloucestershire18941974Cotswold
Pebworth RDGloucestershire18941931absorbed by Campden RD and Evesham RD, Worcestershire
Stroud RDGloucestershire18941974Stroud
Thornbury RDGloucestershire18941974Northavon, Stroud
Warmley RDGloucestershire18941974Kingswood
West Dean RDGloucestershire18941974Forest of Dean
Wheatenhurst RDGloucestershire18941935absorbed by Gloucester RD
Tetbury RDGloucestershire and Wiltshire (1894–1930),[12] [13] Gloucestershire (1930–74)18941974Cotswold
Cirencester RDGloucestershire and Wiltshire (1894–97), Gloucestershire (1897–1974)18941974Cotswold
Stow on the Wold RDGloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1931),[14] Gloucestershire (1931–35)18941935North Cotswold RD, absorbed by Northleach RD
Newent RDGloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1931),[15] Gloucestershire (1931–74)18941974Forest of Dean
Tewkesbury RDGloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1933),[16] [17] Gloucestershire (1933–35)18941935absorbed by Cheltenham RD, Gloucester RD and Tewkesbury MB
Winchcombe RDGloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1933),[18] [19] Gloucestershire (1933–35)18941935North Cotswold RD, absorbed by Cheltenham RD
Alresford RDHampshire18941932absorbed by Alton RD, Droxford RD and Winchester RD
Alton RDHampshire18941974East Hampshire
Andover RDHampshire18941974Test Valley
Basingstoke RDHampshire18941974Basingstoke
Catherington RDHampshire18941932absorbed by Droxford RD, Havant UD and Petersfield RD
Christchurch RDHampshire18941932absorbed by Christchurch MB and Ringwood and Fordingbridge RD
Dockenfield RDHampshire18941895absorbed by Farnham RD, Surrey
Droxford RDHampshire18941974Winchester
Fareham RDHampshire18941932absorbed by Droxford RD, Fareham UD, Gosport MB, Havant UD and Portsmouth CB
Hartley Wintney RDHampshire18941974Hart
Havant RDHampshire18941932absorbed by Droxford RD, Havant UD, Petersfield RD and Portsmouth CB
Hursley RDHampshire18941932Romsey and Stockbridge RD, absorbed by Eastleigh UD, Winchester RD and Winchester MB
Kingsclere RDHampshire18941932Kingsclere and Whitchurch RD
Lymington RDHampshire18941932absorbed by Lymington MB and New Forest RD
New Forest RDHampshire18941974New Forest
Portsea Island RDHampshire18941895absorbed by Portsmouth CB
Ringwood RDHampshire18941932Ringwood and Fordingbridge RD
South Stoneham RDHampshire18941932Romsey and Stockbridge RD, absorbed by Eastleigh UD and Winchester RD
Stockbridge RDHampshire18941932Romsey and Stockbridge RD
Whitchurch RDHampshire18941932Kingsclere and Whitchurch RD
Petersfield RDHampshire and West Sussex (1894–95), Hampshire (1895–1974)18941974East Hampshire
Fordingbridge RDHampshire and Wiltshire (1894–95), Hampshire (1895–1932)18941932Ringwood and Fordingbridge RD
Romsey RDHampshire and Wiltshire (1894–95), Hampshire (1895–1932)18941932Romsey and Stockbridge RD, absorbed by Romsey MB
Bredwardine RDHerefordshire18941934Dore and Bredwardine RD, absorbed by Kington RD
Dore RDHerefordshire18941934Dore and Bredwardine RD
Hereford RDHerefordshire18941974South Herefordshire
Kington RDHerefordshire18941974Leominster
Ledbury RDHerefordshire18941974Malvern Hills
Leominster RDHerefordshire18941930Leominster and Wigmore RD
Ross RDHerefordshire18941931Ross and Whitchurch RD
Weobley RDHerefordshire18941974Leominster
Whitchurch RDHerefordshire18941931Ross and Whitchurch RD
Wigmore RDHerefordshire18941930Leominster and Wigmore RD
Bromyard RDHerefordshire and Worcestershire (1894–97), Herefordshire (1897–1974)18941974Malvern Hills
Ashwell RDHertfordshire18941935Braughing RD, absorbed by Hitchin RD and Royston UD
Barnet RD (1894–1941),[20] Elstree RD (1941–74)[21] Hertfordshire18941974Hertsmere
Berkhampstead RD (1894–1937), Berkhamsted RD (1937–74)Hertfordshire18941974Dacorum
Bishop's Stortford RD (1894–95),[22] Hadham RD (1895–1935)[23] Hertfordshire18941935Braughing RD, absorbed by Bishop's Stortford UD and Ware RD
Buntingford RDHertfordshire18941935Braughing RD, absorbed by Hitchin RD
Hatfield RDHertfordshire18941974Welwyn Hatfield
Hemel Hempstead RDHertfordshire18941974Dacorum
Hertford RDHertfordshire18941974Stevenage, East Hertfordshire
Kensworth RDHertfordshire18941897absorbed by Hemel Hempstead RD and Luton RD, Bedfordshire
St Albans RDHertfordshire18941974St Albans, Dacorum
Studham RDHertfordshire18941897absorbed by Luton RD, Bedfordshire
Ware RDHertfordshire18941974East Hertfordshire
Watford RDHertfordshire18941974Hertsmere, Dacorum, Three Rivers
Welwyn RDHertfordshire18941974Welwyn Hatfield
Hitchin RDHertfordshire and Bedfordshire (1894–97), Hertfordshire (1897–1974)18941974North Hertfordshire
Huntingdon RDHuntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Huntingdon
Norman Cross RDHuntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Huntingdon, Peterborough
St Ives RDHuntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Huntingdon
St Neots RDHuntingdonshire (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Huntingdon
West Welney RDIsle of Ely18941895absorbed by Downham RD, Norfolk
Whittlesey RDIsle of Ely18941926absorbed by Whittlesey UD
Ely RDIsle of Ely (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)18941974East Cambridgeshire
North Witchford RDIsle of Ely (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)18941974Fenland
Wisbech RDIsle of Ely (1894–1965), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)18941974Fenland
Thorney RDIsle of Ely (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Peterborough
Isle of Wight RDIsle of Wight18941974South Wight
Blean RDKent18941934Bridge-Blean RD, absorbed by Canterbury CB, Herne Bay UD and Whitstable UD
Bridge RDKent18941934Bridge-Blean RD, absorbed by Canterbury CB and Dover RD
Bromley RDKent18941934Chislehurst and Sidcup UD and Orpington UD, absorbed by Bromley MB and Beckenham UD
Cranbrook RDKent18941974Tunbridge Wells
Dartford RDKent18941974Sevenoaks, Dartford
Dover RDKent18941974Dover
East Ashford RDKent18941974Ashford
Eastry RDKent18941974Dover, Thanet
Elham RDKent18941974Shepway
Faversham RDKent18941934Bridge-Blean RD and Swale RD, absorbed by East Ashford RD, West Ashford RD and Whitstable UD
Hollingbourne RDKent18941974Maidstone
Hoo RDKent18941935absorbed by Strood RD
Isle of Thanet RDKent18941935absorbed by Broadstairs and St Peter's UD, Eastry RD, Margate MB, Ramsgate MB and Sandwich MB
Maidstone RDKent18941974Maidstone
Malling RDKent18941974Tonbridge and Malling
Medway RDKent18941905
Milton RDKent18941935Swale RD
Romney Marsh RDKent18941974Shepway
Sevenoaks RDKent18941974Sevenoaks
Sheppey RDKent18941968Queenborough in Sheppey MB
Strood RDKent18941974Rochester-upon-Medway, Gravesham
Tenterden RDKent18941974Ashford
West Ashford RDKent18941974Ashford
Tonbridge RDKent and East Sussex (1894–95), Kent (1895–1974)18941974Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and Malling
Barton upon Irwell RDLancashire18941933absorbed by Eccles MB, Kearsley UD, Stretford MB, Swinton and Pendlebury UD, Urmston UD and Worsley UD
Blackburn RDLancashire18941974Hyndburn, Blackburn, Ribble Valley
Bolton RDLancashire18941898absorbed by Bolton CB, Turton UD and Westhoughton UD
Burnley RDLancashire18941974Pendle, Ribble Valley, Burnley
Bury RDLancashire18941933absorbed by Heywood MB, Radcliffe UD, Ramsbottom UD and Rochdale CB
Chorley RDLancashire18941974Chorley
Clitheroe RDLancashire18941974Ribble Valley
Dalton RDLancashire18941895absorbed by South Westmorland RD, Westmorland
Fylde RDLancashire18941974Fylde
Garstang RDLancashire18941974Wyre
Lancaster RDLancashire18941974Lancaster
Leigh RDLancashire18941933absorbed by Golborne UD and Tyldesley UD
Limehurst RDLancashire18941954absorbed by Ashton-under-Lyne MB, Droylsden UD, Failsworth UD, Mossley MB and Oldham CB
Lunesdale RDLancashire18941974Lancaster
Preston RDLancashire18941974South Ribble, Preston, Ribble Valley
Sefton RDLancashire18941932absorbed by West Lancashire RD
Ulverston RD (1894–1960),[24] North Lonsdale RD (1960–74)[25] Lancashire18941974South Lakeland
Warrington RDLancashire18941974Warrington
West Lancashire RDLancashire18941974Sefton, Knowsley, West Lancashire
Whiston RDLancashire18941974Warrington, St Helens, Knowsley, Halton
Wigan RDLancashire18941974Wigan, West Lancashire
Barrow upon Soar RDLeicestershire18941974Charnwood
Belvoir RDLeicestershire18941935Melton and Belvoir RD
Billesdon RDLeicestershire18941974Harborough
Blaby RDLeicestershire18941974Blaby
Castle Donington RDLeicestershire18941974North West Leicestershire
Hallaton RDLeicestershire18941935absorbed by Market Harborough RD
Hinckley RDLeicestershire18941936absorbed by Atherstone RD, Warwickshire, Blaby RD, Hinckley UD, Market Bosworth RD and Nuneaton MB, Warwickshire
Loughborough RDLeicestershire18941936absorbed by Barrow upon Soar RD, Castle Donington RD, Coalville UD and Shepshed UD
Lutterworth RDLeicestershire18941974Harborough
Market Bosworth RDLeicestershire18941974North West Leicestershire, Hinckley and Bosworth
Market Harborough RDLeicestershire18941974Harborough
Melton Mowbray RDLeicestershire18941935Melton and Belvoir RD, absorbed by Melton Mowbray UD
Ashby de la Zouch RDLeicestershire and Derbyshire (1894–97), Leicestershire (1897–1974)18941974North West Leicestershire
Boston RDLincolnshire, Parts of Holland18941974Boston
Crowland RDLincolnshire, Parts of Holland18941932
East Elloe RDLincolnshire, Parts of Holland18941974South Holland
Spalding RDLincolnshire, Parts of Holland and Parts of Kesteven (1894–1930),[26] [27] Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland (1930–74)18941974South Holland
Bourne RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18941931South Kesteven RD
Branston RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18941931North Kesteven RD
Claypole RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18941931North Kesteven RD and West Kesteven RD
Grantham RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18941931East Kesteven RD and West Kesteven RD
Sleaford RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18941931East Kesteven RD, North Kesteven RD and West Kesteven RD
Uffington RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven18941931South Kesteven RD
Caistor RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974West Lindsey
Gainsborough RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974West Lindsey
Glanford Brigg RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974Glanford
Grimsby RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974Cleethorpes
Horncastle RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974East Lindsey
Isle of Axholme RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974Boothferry
Louth RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974East Lindsey
Sibsey RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941936absorbed by Spilsby RD
Spilsby RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974East Lindsey
Welton RDLincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey18941974West Lindsey
Deudraeth RDMerionethshire18941974Meirionnydd
Edeirnion RDMerionethshire18941974Glyndŵr
Penllyn RDMerionethshire18941974Meirionnydd
Dolgelly RD (1894–1958), Dolgellau RD (1958–74)Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (1894–95), Merionethshire (1895–1974) 18941974Meirionnydd
Hendon RDMiddlesex18941934absorbed by Harrow UD and Wembley UD
South Mimms RDMiddlesex18941934Potters Bar UD
Staines RDMiddlesex18941930absorbed by Feltham UD, Hayes UD, Heston and Isleworth UD, Staines UD, Sunbury-on-Thames UD and Yiewsley and West Drayton UD
Uxbridge RDMiddlesex18941929absorbed by Ealing MB, Ruislip-Northwood UD, Uxbridge UD and Yiewsley UD
Abergavenny RDMonmouthshire18941974Monmouth
Chepstow RDMonmouthshire18941974Monmouth
Magor RDMonmouthshire18941935Magor and St Mellons RD, absorbed by Caerleon UD, Newport CB and Pontypool RD
Monmouth RDMonmouthshire18941974Monmouth
Pontypool RDMonmouthshire18941974Torfaen, Monmouth
St Mellons RDMonmouthshire and Glamorganshire (1894–95), Monmouthshire (1895–1935)18941935Magor and St Mellons RD, absorbed by Newport CB
Forden RDMontgomeryshire18941974Montgomery
Llanfyllin RDMontgomeryshire18941974Montgomery
Newtown and Llanidloes RDMontgomeryshire18941974Montgomery
Machynlleth RDMontgomeryshire, Merionethshire and Cardiganshire (1894–1934),[28] [29] Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire (1934–55), Montgomeryshire (1955–74) 18941974Montgomery
Aylsham RDNorfolk18941935St Faith's and Aylsham RD, absorbed by Erpingham RD, Smallburgh RD and Walsingham RD
Blofield RDNorfolk18941935Blofield and Flegg RD (small part transferred to Loddon RD)
Central Wingland RDNorfolk18941897absorbed by East Elloe RD, Parts of Holland and Marshland RD[30]
Depwade RDNorfolk18941974South Norfolk
Docking RDNorfolk18941974West Norfolk
Downham RDNorfolk18941974West Norfolk
East and West Flegg RDNorfolk18941935Blofield and Flegg RD
Erpingham RDNorfolk18941974North Norfolk
Forehoe RDNorfolk18941935Forehoe and Henstead RD and Wymondham UD
Freebridge Lynn RDNorfolk18941974West Norfolk
Guiltcross RDNorfolk18941902absorbed by Depwade RD, Thetford RD and Wayland RD
Henstead RDNorfolk18941935Forehoe and Henstead RD (small part transferred to Blofield and Flegg RD)
King's Lynn RDNorfolk18941935absorbed by King's Lynn MB and Marshland RD
Loddon and Clavering RD (1894–1935),[31] Loddon RD (1935–74)[32] Norfolk18941974South Norfolk
Marshland RDNorfolk18941974West Norfolk
Mitford and Launditch RDNorfolk18941974Breckland
Redmere RDNorfolk18941895absorbed by Ely RD, Isle of Ely
Smallburgh RDNorfolk18941974North Norfolk
St Faith's RDNorfolk18941935St Faith's and Aylsham RD
Swaffham RDNorfolk18941974Breckland
Thetford RDNorfolk18941935absorbed by Downham RD, Swaffham RD and Wayland RD
Walsingham RDNorfolk18941974North Norfolk
Wayland RDNorfolk18941974Breckland
Aysgarth RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Richmondshire
Bedale RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Hambleton
Croft RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Richmondshire, Hambleton
Easingwold RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Hambleton
Flaxton RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ryedale
Guisborough RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941932Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea UD, absorbed by Guisborough UD, Loftus UD, Redcar MB and Whitby RD
Helmsley RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ryedale
Kirby Moorside RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ryedale
Leyburn RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Richmondshire
Lower Dunsforth RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941895absorbed by Great Ouseburn RD, West Riding of Yorkshire
Malton RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ryedale
Middlesbrough RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941932absorbed by Middlesbrough CB and Stokesley RD
Northallerton RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Hambleton
Pickering RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ryedale
Reeth RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Richmondshire
Richmond RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Richmondshire
Scarborough RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Scarborough
Startforth RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Teesdale
Stokesley RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Hambleton
Thirsk RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Harrogate, Hambleton
Wath RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Harrogate
Whitby RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire18941974Scarborough
Brackley RDNorthamptonshire18941974South Northamptonshire
Brixworth RDNorthamptonshire18941974Northampton, Daventry
Crick RDNorthamptonshire18941935absorbed by Daventry RD
Daventry RDNorthamptonshire18941974Daventry
Easton on the Hill RDNorthamptonshire18941935Oundle and Thrapston RD
Gretton RDNorthamptonshire18941935Oundle and Thrapston RD, absorbed by Kettering RD
Hardingstone RDNorthamptonshire18941935absorbed by Northampton RD and Northampton CB
Kettering RDNorthamptonshire18941974Corby, Kettering
Middleton Cheney RDNorthamptonshire18941935absorbed by Brackley RD
Northampton RDNorthamptonshire18941974South Northamptonshire, Northampton
Oxendon RDNorthamptonshire18941935absorbed by Kettering RD
Potterspury RDNorthamptonshire18941935absorbed by Northampton RD and Towcester RD
Towcester RDNorthamptonshire18941974South Northamptonshire
Wellingborough RDNorthamptonshire18941974Northampton, East Northamptonshire, Wellingborough
Oundle RDNorthamptonshire and Huntingdonshire (1894–1935)[33] [34] 18941935Oundle and Thrapston RD, absorbed by Huntingdon RD and Norman Cross RD
Thrapston RDNorthamptonshire and Huntingdonshire (1894–1935)[35] [36] 18941935Oundle and Thrapston RD, absorbed by Huntingdon RD and St Neots RD, Huntingdonshire and Raunds UD, Northamptonshire
Alnwick RDNorthumberland18941974Alnwick
Belford RDNorthumberland18941974Berwick-upon-Tweed
Bellingham RDNorthumberland18941974Tynedale
Castle Ward RDNorthumberland18941974Castle Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Glendale RDNorthumberland18941974Berwick-upon-Tweed
Haltwhistle RDNorthumberland18941974Tynedale
Hexham RDNorthumberland18941974Tynedale
Morpeth RDNorthumberland18941974Castle Morpeth
Norham and Islandshires RDNorthumberland18941974Berwick-upon-Tweed
Rothbury RDNorthumberland18941974Alnwick
Tynemouth RDNorthumberland18941912Longbenton UD and Seaton Delaval UD, absorbed by Blyth MB, Cramlington UD, Wallsend MB and Whitley and Monkseaton UD
Auckley RDNottinghamshire18941895absorbed by Doncaster RD, West Riding of Yorkshire
Bingham RDNottinghamshire18941974Rushcliffe
Blyth and Cuckney RD (1894–1925),[37] Worksop RD (1925–74)[38] Nottinghamshire18941974Doncaster, Bassetlaw
East Retford RDNottinghamshire18941974Doncaster, Bassetlaw
Leake RDNottinghamshire18941935absorbed by Basford RD
Misterton RDNottinghamshire18941935absorbed by East Retford RD
Newark RDNottinghamshire18941974Newark
Skegby RDNottinghamshire18941935absorbed by Southwell RD, Sutton in Ashfield UD and Worksop UD
Southwell RDNottinghamshire18941974Newark
Stapleford RDNottinghamshire18941935Beeston and Stapleford UD
Basford RDNottinghamshire and Derbyshire (1894–1934),[39] Nottinghamshire (1934–74)18941974Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Ashfield, Gedling
Banbury RDOxfordshire18941974Cherwell
Bicester RDOxfordshire18941932Ploughley RD, absorbed by Bicester UD
Chipping Norton RDOxfordshire18941974West Oxfordshire
Crowmarsh RDOxfordshire18941932Bullingdon RD, absorbed by Henley RD
Culham RDOxfordshire18941932Bullingdon RD
Goring RDOxfordshire18941932absorbed by Henley RD
Headington RDOxfordshire18941932Bullingdon RD and Ploughley RD
Henley RDOxfordshire18941974South Oxfordshire
Thame RDOxfordshire18941932Bullingdon RD
Witney RDOxfordshire18941974West Oxfordshire
Woodstock RDOxfordshire18941932Ploughley RD, absorbed by Banbury RD and Chipping Norton RD
Haverfordwest RDPembrokeshire18941974Preseli
Llanfyrnach RDPembrokeshire18941934Cemaes RD
Narberth RDPembrokeshire18941974South Pembrokeshire
Pembroke RDPembrokeshire18941974South Pembrokeshire
St Dogmells RDPembrokeshire18941934Cemaes RD
Colwyn RDRadnorshire18941974Radnor
Knighton RDRadnorshire18941974Radnor
New Radnor RDRadnorshire18941974Radnor
Painscastle RDRadnorshire18941974Radnor
Rhayader RDRadnorshire and Brecknockshire (1894–1934),[40] Radnorshire (1934–74)18941974Radnor
Ketton RDRutland18941974Rutland
Oakham RDRutland18941974Rutland
Uppingham RDRutland18941974Rutland
Atcham RDShropshire18941974Shrewsbury
Bridgnorth RDShropshire18941974Bridgnorth
Burford RDShropshire18941934absorbed by Ludlow RD
Chirbury RDShropshire18941934absorbed by Clun RD
Church Stretton RDShropshire18941934absorbed by Atcham RD, Bridgnorth RD, Church Stretton UD and Ludlow RD
Cleobury Mortimer RDShropshire18941934absorbed by Bridgnorth RD and Ludlow RD
Clun RDShropshire18941967Clun and Bishop's Castle RD, absorbed by Atcham RD and Ludlow RD
Drayton RDShropshire18941966Market Drayton RD
Ellesmere RDShropshire18941967North Shropshire RD, absorbed by Atcham RD and Oswestry RD
Ludlow RDShropshire18941974South Shropshire
Madeley RDShropshire18941895absorbed by Atcham RD and Shifnal RD
Newport RDShropshire18941936absorbed by Wellington RD
Oswestry RDShropshire18941974Oswestry
Teme RDShropshire18941934absorbed by Clun RD
Wellington RDShropshire18941974The Wrekin
Wem RDShropshire18941967North Shropshire RD
Whitchurch RDShropshire18941934absorbed by Drayton RD, Wem RD and Whitchurch UD
Shifnal RDShropshire and Staffordshire (1894–1934),[41] Shropshire (1934–74)18941974The Wrekin, Bridgnorth
Peterborough RDSoke of Peterborough (1894–1965), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Peterborough
Barnack RDSoke of Peterborough and Huntingdonshire (1894–1935),[42] Soke of Peterborough (1935–65), Huntingdon and Peterborough (1965–74)18941974Peterborough
Axbridge RDSomerset18941974Woodspring, Sedgemoor, Mendip
Bath RDSomerset18941933Bathavon RD
Bridgwater RDSomerset18941974Sedgemoor
Clutton RDSomerset18941974Wansdyke, Mendip
Dulverton RDSomerset18941974West Somerset
Frome RDSomerset18941974Mendip
Keynsham RDSomerset18941933Bathavon RD, absorbed by Bristol CB
Langport RDSomerset18941974Yeovil
Long Ashton RDSomerset18941974Woodspring
Poyntington RDSomerset18941895absorbed by Sherborne RD, Dorset
Shepton Mallet RDSomerset18941974Mendip
Wellington RDSomerset18941974Taunton Deane
Wells RDSomerset18941974Mendip
Williton RDSomerset18941974West Somerset
Wincanton RDSomerset18941974Yeovil
Yeovil RDSomerset18941974Yeovil
Taunton RDSomerset and Devon (1894–96), Somerset (1896–1974)18941974Taunton Deane
Chard RDSomerset and Dorset (1894–95), Somerset (1895–1974)18941974Yeovil
Blore Heath RDStaffordshire18941932absorbed by Newcastle-under-Lyme RD
Cannock RDStaffordshire18941974South Staffordshire
Cheadle RDStaffordshire18941974Staffordshire Moorlands
Dudley RDStaffordshire18941929absorbed by Dudley CB, Worcestershire
Gnosall RDStaffordshire18941934absorbed by Cannock RD and Stafford RD
Kingswinford RDStaffordshire18941934absorbed by Brierley Hill UD
Leek RDStaffordshire18941974Staffordshire Moorlands
Lichfield RDStaffordshire18941974Cannock Chase, Lichfield
Mayfield RDStaffordshire18941934absorbed by Cheadle RD, Leek RD and Uttoxeter RD
Newcastle-under-Lyme RDStaffordshire18941974Newcastle-under-Lyme
Stafford RDStaffordshire18941974Stafford
Stoke upon Trent RDStaffordshire18941922absorbed by Cheadle RD and Stoke on Trent CB
Stone RDStaffordshire18941974Stafford
Tutbury RDStaffordshire18941974East Staffordshire
Uttoxeter RDStaffordshire18941974East Staffordshire
Walsall RDStaffordshire18941934Aldridge UD, absorbed by Darlaston UD and Willenhall UD
Wolstanton RDStaffordshire18941904Wolstanton United UD, absorbed by Kidsgrove UD, Smallthorne UD and Tunstall UD
Seisdon RDStaffordshire and Shropshire (1894–95), Staffordshire (1895–1974)18941974South Staffordshire
Chertsey RDSurrey18941933Bagshot RD and Walton and Weybridge UD, absorbed by Egham UD, Guildford RD and Woking UD
Croydon RDSurrey18941915Beddington and Wallington UD, Coulsdon and Purley UD and Mitcham UD, absorbed by Epsom RD and Godstone RD
Dorking RDSurrey18941933Dorking and Horley RD, absorbed by Dorking UD, Guildford RD, Hambledon RD and Leatherhead UD
Egham RDSurrey18941906Egham UD
Epsom RDSurrey18941933Banstead 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 RDSurrey18941933absorbed by Farnham UD, Guildford RD, Hambledon RD and Haslemere UD
Godstone RDSurrey18941974Tandridge
Guildford RDSurrey18941974Guildford
Hambledon RDSurrey18941974Waverley
Kingston upon Thames RDSurrey18941895Esher and the Dittons UD, absorbed by East Molesey UD, Ham UD, New Malden UD and Surbiton UD
Reigate RDSurrey18941933Banstead 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 RDWarwickshire18941974Stratford-on-Avon
Atherstone RDWarwickshire18941974North Warwickshire
Brailes RDWarwickshire18941931absorbed by Shipston on Stour RD
Castle Bromwich RDWarwickshire18941912absorbed by Meriden RD
Coventry RDWarwickshire18941928absorbed by Coventry CB
Farnborough RDWarwickshire18941932absorbed by Southam RD
Foleshill RDWarwickshire18941932absorbed by Bedworth UD, Coventry CB, Meriden RD, Rugby RD and Warwick RD
Meriden RDWarwickshire18941974Solihull, North Warwickshire, Coventry
Monks Kirby RDWarwickshire18941932absorbed by Rugby RD
Nuneaton RDWarwickshire18941932absorbed by Atherstone RD, Bedworth UD, Meriden RD and Rugby RD
Rugby RDWarwickshire18941974Rugby
Solihull RDWarwickshire18941932Solihull UD, absorbed by Meriden RD, Stratford on Avon RD and Warwick RD
Stratford on Avon RDWarwickshire18941974Solihull, Stratford-on-Avon
Warwick RDWarwickshire18941974Warwick
Southam RDWarwickshire and Northamptonshire (1894–95), Warwickshire (1895–1974)18941974Stratford-on-Avon
Tamworth RDWarwickshire and Staffordshire (1894–1934),[43] [44] Warwickshire (1934–74)18941965absorbed by Atherstone RD, Meriden RD and Tamworth MB, Staffordshire
Shipston on Stour RDWarwickshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (1894–1931),[45] Warwickshire and Worcestershire (1931–74)18941974Stratford-on-Avon
Barnsley RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941938absorbed by Barnsley CB, Darton UD, Hemsworth RD, Penistone RD and Royston UD
Bishopthorpe RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941937absorbed by Tadcaster RD
Bowland RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Ribble Valley
Doncaster RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Doncaster
Goole RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Boothferry
Great Ouseburn RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941938Nidderdale RD
Halifax RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941937absorbed by Brighouse MB, Elland UD, Huddersfield CB, Sowerby Bridge UD and Spenborough UD
Hemsworth RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Selby, Barnsley, Wakefield
Hunslet RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941937absorbed by Rothwell UD, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Keighley RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941938absorbed by Keighley MB
Kiveton Park RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Rotherham
Knaresborough RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941938Nidderdale RD, absorbed by Harrogate MB and Knaresborough UD
Leeds RD, Leeds Roundhay and Seacroft RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941912absorbed by Leeds CB
Pateley Bridge RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941937Ripon and Pateley Bridge RD
Penistone RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Barnsley
Pontefract RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941938Osgoldcross RD, absorbed by Knottingley UD and Pontefract MB
Ripon RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941938Ripon and Pateley Bridge RD
Rotherham RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Rotherham
Saddleworth RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941900Saddleworth UD
Sedbergh RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974South Lakeland
Selby RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Selby
Settle RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Craven
Skipton RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Bradford, Craven, Pendle
Tadcaster RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Leeds, Selby
Thorne RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974-Todmorden RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941939Hepton RD
Wakefield RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974-Wetherby RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Harrogate, Leeds
Wharfedale RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Leeds, Harrogate
Wortley RDWest Riding of Yorkshire18941974Barnsley, Sheffield
Brandon RDWest Suffolk18941935absorbed by Mildenhall RD and Thingoe RD
Clare RDWest Suffolk18941974St Edmundsbury
Cosford RDWest Suffolk18941974Babergh
Melford RDWest Suffolk18941974Babergh
Mildenhall RDWest Suffolk18941974Forest Heath
Moulton RDWest Suffolk18941935absorbed by Clare RD and Mildenhall RD
Thedwastre RDWest Suffolk18941974
Thingoe RDWest Suffolk18941974St Edmundsbury
East Preston RDWest Sussex18941933Chichester RD and Worthing RD, absorbed by Littlehampton UD
Horsham RDWest Sussex18941974Horsham
Midhurst RDWest Sussex18941974Chichester
Petworth RDWest Sussex18941974Chichester
Steyning West RDWest Sussex18941933Chanctonbury RD and Worthing RD, absorbed by Shoreham-by-Sea UD and Worthing MB
Thakenham RDWest Sussex18941933Chanctonbury RD and Worthing RD, absorbed by Horsham RD and Worthing MB
Westbourne RDWest Sussex18941933Chichester RD
Westhampnett RDWest Sussex18941933
East Westmorland RD18941935North Westmorland RD, absorbed by South Westmorland RD
South Westmorland RD18941974South Lakeland
West Ward RDWestmorland18941935Lakes UD and North Westmorland RD, absorbed by South Westmorland RD
Amesbury RDWiltshire18941974Salisbury
Bradford-on-Avon RDWiltshire18941934Bradford and Melksham RD, absorbed by Bradford-on-Avon UD, Melksham UD and Trowbridge UD
Bramshaw RDWiltshire18941895absorbed by New Forest RD, Hampshire
Calne RDWiltshire18941934Calne and Chippenham RD, absorbed by Calne MB
Chippenham RDWiltshire18941934Calne and Chippenham RD
Cricklade and Wootton Bassett RDWiltshire18941974North Wiltshire
Devizes RDWiltshire18941974Kennet
Highworth RDWiltshire18941974Thamesdown
Malmesbury RDWiltshire18941974North Wiltshire
Marlborough RDWiltshire18941934Marlborough and Ramsbury RD, absorbed by Marlborough MB
Melksham RDWiltshire18941934Bradford and Melksham RD, absorbed by Devizes RD and Melksham UD
Pewsey RDWiltshire18941974Kennet
Ramsbury RDWiltshire18941934Marlborough and Ramsbury RD
Salisbury RDWiltshire18941934
Tisbury RDWiltshire18941934Mere and Tisbury RD
Warminster RDWiltshire18941934Warminster and Westbury RD
Westbury and Whorwellsdown RDWiltshire18941934Warminster and Westbury RD
Wilton RDWiltshire18941934Salisbury and Wilton RD and Warminster and Westbury RD, absorbed by Wilton MB
Mere RDWiltshire and Somerset (1894–96), Wiltshire (1896–1934)18941934Mere and Tisbury RD and Warminster and Westbury RD
Bromsgrove RDWorcestershire18941974Bromsgrove
Droitwich RDWorcestershire18941974Wychavon, Worcester
Evesham RDWorcestershire18941974Wychavon
Feckenham RDWorcestershire18941933absorbed by Evesham RD and Redditch UD
Halesowen RDWorcestershire18941925
King's Norton RDWorcestershire18941898King's Norton and Northfield UD
Martley RDWorcestershire18941974Malvern Hills
Mathon RDWorcestershire18941897absorbed by Ledbury RD, Herefordshire
Pershore RDWorcestershire18941974Worcester, Wychavon
Rock RDWorcestershire18941933absorbed by Kidderminster RD and Tenbury RD
Stourbridge RDWorcestershire18941897Lye and Wollescote UD
Tenbury RDWorcestershire18941974Leominster
Upton upon Severn RDWorcestershire18941974Malvern Hills
Warley RDWorcestershire18941908absorbed by Oldbury UD
Yardley RDWorcestershire18941912absorbed by Birmingham CB
Kidderminster RDWorcestershire, Shropshire and Staffordshire (1894–95), Worcestershire (1895–1974)18941974Wyre Forest

1895–1929

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.

Rural DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)
New Winchester RD (1898–1905), Winchester RD (1905–74)Hampshire18981974Eastleigh, Winchester
Newcastle upon Tyne RDNorthumberland19111974Newcastle upon Tyne

1930–39

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.

Rural DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)
Leominster and Wigmore RDHerefordshire19301974Leominster
Ross and Whitchurch RDHerefordshire19311974
East Kesteven RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven19311974North Kesteven
North Kesteven RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven19311974North Kesteven
South Kesteven RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven19311974South Kesteven
West Kesteven RDLincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven19311974South Kesteven
Kingsclere and Whitchurch RDHampshire19321974Basingstoke
Ringwood and Fordingbridge RDHampshire19321974New Forest, Wimborne, Christchurch
Romsey and Stockbridge RDHampshire19321974
Bullingdon RDOxfordshire19321974South Oxfordshire
Ploughley RDOxfordshire19321974Cherwell
Bathavon RDSomerset19331974Wansdyke
Bagshot RDSurrey19331974Surrey Heath
Dorking and Horley RDSurrey19331974Crawley, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead
Chanctonbury RDWest Sussex19331974Horsham
Chichester RDWest Sussex19331974Arun, Chichester
Worthing RDWest Sussex19331974Adur, Arun
Nant Conway RDCaernarfonshire19341974Aberconwy
South Cambridgeshire RDCambridgeshire (1934–65), Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely (1965–74)19341974South Cambridgeshire
Teifiside RDCardiganshire19341974Ceredigion
Kerrier RDCornwall19341974Kerrier
Wadebridge RDCornwall19341968Wadebridge and Padstow RD
Border RDCumberland19341974Carlisle
Ennerdale RDCumberland19341974Copeland
Millom RDCumberland19341974Copeland
Blyth RDEast Suffolk19341974Suffolk Coastal
Deben RDEast Suffolk19341974Suffolk Coastal
Gipping RDEast Suffolk19341974Mid Suffolk
Lothingland RDEast Suffolk19341974Great Yarmouth, Waveney
Wainford RDEast Suffolk19341974Waveney
Dore and Bredwardine RDHerefordshire19341974South Herefordshire
Bridge-Blean RDKent19341974Canterbury
Cemaes RDPembrokeshire19341974Preseli
Bradford and Melksham RDWiltshire19341974West Wiltshire
Calne and Chippenham RDWiltshire19341974North Wiltshire
Marlborough and Ramsbury RDWiltshire19341974Kennet
Mere and Tisbury RDWiltshire19341974Salisbury
Salisbury and Wilton RDWiltshire19341974Salisbury
Warminster and Westbury RDWiltshire19341974West Wiltshire
Masham RDNorth Riding of Yorkshire19341974Harrogate
Llandilo RD (1935–53),[46] Llandeilo RD (1953–74)Carmarthenshire19351974Dinefwr
Aled RDDenbighshire19351974Colwyn, Aberconwy
Ceiriog RDDenbighshire19351974Glyndŵr
Hiraethog RDDenbighshire19351974Aberconwy, Colwyn
Derwent RDEast Riding of Yorkshire19351974Selby
Holderness RDEast Riding of Yorkshire19351974Holderness
East Dean RDGloucestershire19351974Forest of Dean
North Cotswold RDGloucestershire19351974Cotswold
Sodbury RDGloucestershire19351974Northavon, Stroud
Braughing RDHertfordshire19351974East Hertfordshire
Swale RDKent19351974Swale
Melton and Belvoir RDLeicestershire19351974Melton
Magor and St Mellons RDMonmouthshire19351974Cardiff, Newport, Torfaen
Blofield and Flegg RDNorfolk19351974Great Yarmouth, Broadland
Forehoe and Henstead RDNorfolk19351974South Norfolk
St Faith's and Aylsham RDNorfolk19351974Broadland
Oundle and Thrapston RDNorthamptonshire19351974East Northamptonshire
North Westmorland RD19351974Eden
Ripon and Pateley Bridge RDWest Riding of Yorkshire19371974Harrogate
Nidderdale RDWest Riding of Yorkshire19381974Harrogate
Osgoldcross RDWest Riding of Yorkshire19381974Selby, Wakefield
Hepton RDWest Riding of Yorkshire19391974Calderdale

1940–74

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.

Rural DistrictCountyCreatedAbolishedSuccessor(s)
Epping and Ongar RDEssex19551974Brentwood, Epping Forest
South East Derbyshire RDDerbyshire19591974Erewash, South Derbyshire
Market Drayton RDShropshire19661974North Shropshire
Clun and Bishop's Castle RDShropshire19671974South Shropshire
North Shropshire RDShropshire19671974North Shropshire
Wadebridge and Padstow RDCornwall19681974North Cornwall

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faringdon RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Faringdon RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  3. Web site: Unnamed RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  4. Web site: Newcastle in Emlyn RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Newcastle Emlyn RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  6. Web site: Unnamed RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  7. Web site: Cuckfield RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  8. Web site: Great Chishill AP/CP. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 2 July 2017.
  9. Web site: Overton RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  10. Web site: Maelor RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  11. Web site: Unnamed RD (3). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  12. Web site: Tetbury RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  13. Web site: Tetbury RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  14. Web site: Stow on the Wold RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  15. Web site: Unnamed RD (4). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  16. Web site: Tewkesbury RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  17. Web site: Tewkesbury RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  18. Web site: Winchcombe RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  19. Web site: Winchcombe RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  20. Web site: Barnet RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  21. Web site: Elstree RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  22. Web site: Bishop's Stortford RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  23. Web site: Hadham RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  24. Web site: Ulverston RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  25. Web site: North Lonsdale RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  26. Web site: Spalding RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  27. Web site: Spalding RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  28. Web site: Unnamed RD (5). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  29. Web site: Unnamed RD (6). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  30. Web site: Central Wingland ExP/CP. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 2 July 2017.
  31. Web site: Loddon and Clavering RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  32. Web site: Loddon RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  33. Web site: Oundle RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  34. Web site: Oundle RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  35. Web site: Thrapston RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  36. Web site: Thrapston RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  37. Web site: Blyth and Cuckney RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  38. Web site: Worksop RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  39. Web site: Unnamed RD (7). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  40. Web site: Unnamed RD (8). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  41. Web site: Unnamed RD (9). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  42. Web site: Unnamed RD (10). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  43. Web site: Tamworth RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  44. Web site: Tamworth RD (2). A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  45. Web site: Shipston on Stour RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.
  46. Web site: Llandeilo RD. A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. 10 November 2014.