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Brentwood Urban District was a local government district in south
Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
,
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from 1899 to 1974. The district was created in 1899 from the parish of Brentwood which from 1894 had formed part of
Billericay Rural District Billericay Rural District was a local government district in Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It consisted of the following parishes: *Basildon * Brentwood (1894–1899; used to create Brentwood Urban District) *Bowers Gifford *Childerditch ...
. In 1934 when Billericay Rural District was abolished, Brentwood Urban District gained the former area of the parishes of Hutton,
Ingrave Ingrave is a village and former civil parish in the Brentwood in Essex, England. It is situated on and around the A128 road, 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the town of Brentwood. Together with the adjoining village of Herongate, it now form ...
and
South Weald South Weald is a mainly farmland and park settlement in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. The civil parish of South Weald was absorbed by Brentwood Urban District in 1934. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 6370. South Weald con ...
. It also gained areas that had formed parts of other parishes from that district and from
Romford Rural District Romford Rural District was a local government district in southwest Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district.Vision of Britain â€Romford RDLocal 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 ...
and its former area now forms part of Brentwood borough.


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- Brentwood Urban District {{coord, 51.61, 0.32, type:adm3rd_dim:10000_region:GB-ESS, display=title Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Borough of Brentwood Urban districts of England 1899 establishments in England