The rural district of Hallaton existed in Leicestershire,

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from 1894 to 1935. It included the following

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es, which were the parts of the Uppingham Rural Sanitary District in Leicestershire. * Blaston *

Bringhurst Bringhurst is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of south-east Leicestershire, England, bordering Northamptonshire and Rutland. Nearby places are Cottingham in Northants, Great Easton and Drayton in Leicestershire ...

* Drayton * Great Easton *

Hallaton Hallaton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 523, which had increased to 594 at the 2011 census. History and description The village' ...

* Horninghold *

Medbourne Medbourne is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 473. Each year it competes with nearby Hallaton during the Bottle-kickin ...

Nevill Holt Nevill Holt is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough District of Leicestershire, England. It is situated about northeast of Market Harborough, northwest of Corby and lies close to the borders with Northamptonshire and Rutland. It is on ...

Stockerston Stockerston is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, located on the border with Rutland, by the Eye Brook. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 35. The population remained l ...

In 1935 it was merged into the Market Harborough Rural District, under the review caused by the

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. It now (after 1974) forms part of the

non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...

Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...

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Hallaton RD
History of Leicestershire Local government in Leicestershire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Rural districts of England Harborough District {{Leicestershire-geo-stub