Maidstone Rural District was a
rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...
in the
county of
Kent,
England. It lay to the south of the town and
municipal borough of
Maidstone.
Following the
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...
, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged with the municipal borough and
Hollingbourne Rural District to form the
Borough of Maidstone.
Civil parishes
At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following
civil parishes to the south, southwest and southeast of Maidstone:
Maidstone Rural District
at visionofbritain; retrieved 29 November 2023
* Barming (created 1934)
* Bearsted
* Boughton Monchelsea
* Coxheath
* East Barming (abolished to create Barming CP in 1934)
* East Farleigh
* Hunton
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* Loose
* Marden
* Nettlestead
* Otham (included Downswood)
* Staplehurst
* West Barming (abolished to create Barming CP in 1934)
* West Farleigh
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* Yalding (included Collier Street)
References
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Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
History of Kent
Borough of Maidstone
Rural districts of England