List of rural districts in England and Wales 1894–1930
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The following is a list of the areas in England and Wales which became rural sanitary districts when the
Public Health Act 1875 The Public Health Act 1875c 55 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England. Its purpose was to codify previous measures aimed at combatin ...
came into force in 1875. Sanitary districts were based on poor law unions, and frequently contained areas in more than one county.
Note for table: 'RSD' stands for
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 ...
, 'LGD' stands for
Local Government District The districts of England (also known as local authority districts or local government districts to distinguish from unofficial city districts) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. As the st ...
, 'MB' stands for
Municipal Borough Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ...
and 'CB' stands for
County Borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent ter ...
.


1875


Previous rural sanitary districts

RSDs abolished prior to 1894 were:


See also

* Rural districts formed in England and Wales 1894–1974 * Local boards formed in England and Wales 1848–94 *
List of rural and urban districts in England in 1973 This is a list of all the rural districts, urban districts and municipal boroughs in England as they existed prior to the entry into force of the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974. There were 1086 such districts and boroughs at this time, t ...
*
List of rural and urban districts in Wales in 1973 This is a list of the municipal boroughs, urban districts, and rural districts in Wales immediately prior to the coming into force of the Local Government Act 1972 in 1974. The number of districts gradually reduced from their creation in 1894 th ...


Sources

* F A Youngs, ''Guide to the Local administrative Units of England'' * County Census Reports 1901–1931 {{DEFAULTSORT:List of rural districts in England and Wales 1894-1930 History of local government in England 19th century in England 20th century in England Rural society in the United Kingdom