Culham 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rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 ...

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

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, from 1894 to 1932. It was formed under the

Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level un ...

from the part of the Abingdon Rural Sanitary District in the administrative county of Oxfordshire. The remainder of the sanitary district, in the administrative county of

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

, became

Abingdon Rural District Abingdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Abingdon rural sanitary district which was in Berkshire (the Oxfordshire ...

. The rural district council continued to be based at Abingdon, holding meetings in the

workhouse In Britain, a workhouse () was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. (In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses.) The earliest known use of the term ''workhouse'' ...

of the poor law union.

Parishes

The rural district consisted of ten

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: * Burcot *

Chislehampton Chiselhampton is a village in the civil parish of Stadhampton on the River Thame, about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Toponym "Chisel" is derived from the old English ''ceosel'' or ''cisel'' meaning "gravel" or "shingle", referr ...

Clifton Hampden Clifton Hampden is a village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Thames, just over east of Abingdon in Oxfordshire. Since 1932 the civil parish has included the village of Burcot, east of Clifton Hampden. The 2011 Census record ...

* Culham *

Drayton St Leonard Drayton St. Leonard is a village and civil parish on the River Thame in Oxfordshire, about southeast of Oxford. Manor The Domesday Book of 1086 does not list Drayton separately. At that time the land was part of the Bishop of Lincoln's estate ...

Marsh Baldon Marsh Baldon is a village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Since 2012 it has been part of the Baldons joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Toot Baldon. The 2011 Census ...

Nuneham Courtenay Nuneham Courtenay is a village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford. It occupies a pronounced section of the left bank of the River Thames. Geography The parish is bounded to the west by the River Thames and on other sides by field bound ...

* Sandford on Thames * Stadhampton *

Toot Baldon Toot Baldon is a village and civil parish about southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. Since 2012 it has been part of the Baldons joint parish council area, sharing a parish council with the adjacent civil parish of Marsh Baldon. The 2011 Census ...

Abolition

Culham Rural District was abolished under a

County Review Order The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales. The Act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their boar ...

in 1932, merging with a number of other districts to form

Bullingdon Rural District Bullingdon Rural District was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1932 to 1974, covering an area to the south-east of the city of Oxford. The district was created on 1 April 1932 under a County Review Order, as a merger of Wheatley ...

. Since 1974 the area has formed part of the South Oxfordshire district.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015955/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10089645 {{coord , 51.675, -1.190, type:adm3rd_region:GB, display=title History of Oxfordshire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England