Strood Rural District Explained

Strood
Government:	Strood Rural District Council
Origin:	Strood Rural Sanitary District
Start:	1894
End:	1974
Motto:	SPES PATRIAE RUS
Populationfirst:	15,354
Populationfirstyear:	1911
Areafirst:	32498acres
Areafirstyear:	1911
Densityfirst:	0.47/acre
Densityfirstyear:	1911
Populationsecond:	16,158
Populationsecondyear:	1931
Areasecond:	32499acres
Areasecondyear:	1931
Densitysecond:	0.50/acre
Densitysecondyear:	1931
Populationlast:	28,760
Populationlastyear:	1961
Arealast:	48572acres
Arealastyear:	1961
Densitylast:	0.59/acre
Densitylastyear:	1961

Strood Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England.

It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.

It consisted of the following civil parishes:^[1]

Allhallows (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Chalk (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
Cliffe
Cobham
Cooling (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Cuxton
Denton (1894–1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the City of Rochester in 1934)
Halling
Higham
High Halstow (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Hoo St Werburgh (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Ifield (1894–1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the Municipal Borough of Gravesend)
Isle of Grain (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Luddesdown
Meopham
Nurstead
Shorne
St Mary Hoo (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Stoke (1935–1974; gained from Hoo Rural District)
Strood Extra (1894–1934; abolished and split between Cuxton and the City of Rochester)

On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and split between the new districts of Medway and Gravesham.

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