St Faith's and Aylsham Rural Districts were adjacent rural districts in

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from 1894 to 1935. They were formed under the

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based on

rural 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 of the same names, and lay to the north of

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. In 1935 some northern parts of Aylsham RD were variously transferred to Walsingham,

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and

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RDs. The remainder, and the whole of St Faith's RD, were merged to form St Faith's and Aylsham Rural District. Changes to the border with Norwich County Borough were made in 1907, 1951 and 1968. In 1974, the merged district was abolished under the

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, and became part of the

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district.

Statistics

Parishes

These parishes operated within St Faith's and Aylsham RD unless otherwise indicated.

References

{{coord, 52.74, 1.26, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Historical districts of Norfolk Rural districts of England