Oundle 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 ...
in
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
from 1894 to 1935.
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
Oundle rural sanitary district. It was one of only a few such districts to cross a county border, with parishes in both
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 ...
and
Huntingdonshire.
In 1935 it was abolished, under the
Local Government Act 1929. The Northamptonshire part went to form the
Oundle and Thrapston Rural District, and from the Huntingdonshire part, the parish of
Elton became part of
Norman Cross Rural District
Norman Cross was a rural district in Huntingdonshire from 1894 to 1974.
It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Peterborough rural sanitary district which was in Huntingdonshire (the rest forming part of P ...
whilst the parishes of
Great Gidding
Great Gidding is a village and civil parish in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.
Great Gidding lies approximately north-west of Huntingdon. The village has a Church of England primary school, playing field, corner shop, ...
,
Little Gidding
Little Gidding is a small village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies approximately northwest of Huntingdon, near Sawtry, within Huntingdonshire, which is a district of Cambridgeshire as well as a historic county.
A small p ...
and
Winwick became part of
Huntingdon Rural District.
References
External links
Northants part @ Visionofbritain.org.ukHunts part @ Visionofbritain.org.uk
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History of Huntingdonshire
History of Northamptonshire
Local government in Northamptonshire
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Rural districts of England