East Elloe was a rural district in

Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...

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from 1894 to 1974.

History

The district had its origins in the

Holbeach Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England. The town lies from Spalding; from Boston; from King's Lynn; from Peterborough; and by road from Lincoln. It is on the junction of the ...

Poor Law Union, which had been established in 1835 covering Holbeach and several surrounding parishes. It was administered from the Holbeach Union Workhouse, which was built in 18361837 on Fleet Road in Holbeach. In 1872,

sanitary district Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...

s were established, with public health and local government responsibilities given to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions for areas without an existing urban authority. The Holbeach Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the Holbeach Poor Law Union except for Holbeach itself, Long Sutton, and

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, each of which had a

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and so formed their own urban sanitary districts. Under the

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, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. It was decided that the Holbeach Rural Sanitary District would be renamed at the same time, becoming the East Elloe Rural District, named after the historic Elloe wapentake of Lincolnshire rather than being named after the town of Holbeach which it did not include. The neighbouring Spalding Rural Sanitary District was similarly renamed at the same time to become the West Elloe Rural District, but lasted only a few months under that name before changing back to become the

Spalding Rural District Spalding was a rural district in Holland in Lincolnshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Spalding rural sanitary district. Spalding itself constituted a separate urban district. It was exp ...

. In 1932, East Elloe Rural District was enlarged when the former

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s of

, Long Sutton and

were incorporated into it. In its early years, the council met at the Holbeach Union Workhouse, which was latterly also known as The Shrubbery before becoming Fleet Hospital. In 1946 the council bought Mattimore House on Fleet Street, Holbeach, converting it to become their offices and meeting place, with the council chamber there being officially opened in November 1948. The council remained based at Mattimore House until its abolition in 1974. The council was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and its area went to form part of the new South Holland district. Mattimore House was subsequently demolished, with 7882 Fleet Street and Mattimore Drive built on the site.

References

{{reflist Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of the Parts of Holland