Gretton was a rural district in

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

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from 1894 to 1935. It was formed from the Northamptonshire part of the

Uppingham Uppingham is a market town in Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, south of the county town, Oakham. It had a population of 4,745 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 4,853 in 2019. It is known for its ...

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 ...

(the Rutland parts of which formed

Uppingham Rural District Uppingham was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the south-west of the county. The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Uppingham rural sanitary district in Rutland. At ...

and the Leicestershire parts of which formed Hallaton Rural District). It consisted of the following parishes * Fineshade * Gretton *

Harringworth Harringworth is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located close to the border with Rutland, on the southern bank of the River Welland, and around north of Corby. At the 2001 Census, the population of the pa ...

* Laxton * Rockingham *

Wakerley Wakerley is a linear village and civil parish in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Forming part of North Northamptonshire, Wakerley is close to, and south of, the River Welland that forms the boundary with Rutland; its nearest neighbour, ...

It 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 ...

and split, with Gretton and Rockingham going to

Kettering Rural District Kettering was a rural district in Northamptonshire in England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 based on Kettering rural sanitary district. It was named after but did not include Kettering itself. Burton Latim ...

and the other four parishes going to the new

Oundle and Thrapston Rural District Oundle and Thrapston was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1935 to 1974. It was formed in 1935 under the County Review Order as a merger of the Easton on the Hill Rural District, the Gretton Rural District, and the parts of the ...

References

*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10027196 {{coord, 52.55, -0.65, dim:15000_region:GB, display=title History of Northamptonshire Local government in Northamptonshire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England