Strood 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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
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of
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England.
It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935.
It consisted of the following
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
es:
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*
Allhallows (1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Chalk ...
(1894—1935; abolished and transferred to the
Municipal Borough of Gravesend
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
)
*
Cliffe
*
Cobham
*
Cooling
Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change. Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling.ASHRAE Terminology, https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/free-resources/as ...
(1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
Cuxton
Cuxton is a village in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It lies on the left bank of the River Medway in the North Downs. It is served by the A228, and Cuxton railway station on the Medway Valley Line between Strood and Maid ...
*Denton (1894—1935; abolished and transferred to the
Municipal Borough of Gravesend
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
)
*
Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the
City of Rochester in 1934)
*
Halling
*
Higham
*
High Halstow
High Halstow is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It was, until 1998, administratively part of Kent and is still ceremonially associated via the Lieutenancies Act. The par ...
(1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
Hoo St Werburgh
Hoo St Werburgh, commonly known as Hoo, is a large village and civil parish in the Medway district of Kent, England. It is one of several villages on the Hoo Peninsula to bear the name ''Hoo'', a Saxon word believed to mean "spur of land" or t ...
(1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
Ifield (1894—1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the
Municipal Borough of Gravesend
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
)
*
Isle of Grain
Isle of Grain (Old English ''Greon'', meaning gravel) is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east England. No longer an island and now forming part of the peninsula, the area is ...
(1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
Luddesdown
*
Meopham
Meopham is a large linear village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England, lying to the south of Gravesend. The parish covers , and comprises two villages and two smaller settlements; it has a population of 6,427 increasi ...
*
Nurstead
*
Shorne
Shorne is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the borough of Gravesham in Kent, England. The parish lies east of Gravesend. Most of the land is well-drained but its marshes, the Shorne Marshes reach down to the Thames Estuar ...
*
St Mary Hoo (1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
Stoke
Stoke is a common place name in the United Kingdom.
Stoke may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
The largest city called Stoke is Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. See below.
Berkshire
* Stoke Row, Berkshire
Bristol
* Stoke Bishop
* Stok ...
(1935—1974; gained from
Hoo Rural District
Hoo may refer to:
People
*Hoo (surname), including a list of people with the name
*Thomas Hoo, Baron Hoo and Hastings (c. 1396 – 1455)
Places
*Hoo, Suffolk, England
*Hoo Peninsula, in Kent, England
**Hoo St Werburgh, or simply Hoo
**Hoo Fort ...
)
*
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
Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to for ...
and
Gravesham
Gravesham ( ) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. Its administrative centre and largest town is Gravesend, which was known as ''Gravesham'' in ancient times.
Gravesham was formed on 1 April 1974 by ...
.
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
Politics of Medway
Local government in Kent
Rural districts of England