Wallingford Rural District, an administrative area in what was then

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, now

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area, in southern

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was established in 1894, from the then Berkshire area within Wallingford Rural Sanitary Authority (the Oxfordshire area becoming Crowmarsh Rural District). Wallingford Rural District Council provided many local government functions for the area around the town of Wallingford including

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, but not for the borough of Wallingford, which was covered by Wallingford Borough Council. These functions included dealing with contagious diseases, and wartime evacuations and air raid precautions. It also covered housing, water supply and sewage, and fire brigades. In 1974 Wallingford RD became part of the district of

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, administered by

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Civil parishes

The district contained the following

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es during its existence:

References

{{coord missing, Oxfordshire Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England Former districts of Berkshire