Ploughley was a rural district in Oxfordshire,

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 1932 to 1974.Ploughley Rural District – Vision of Britain website
It entirely surrounded

Bicester Bicester ( ) is a historical market towngarden town and civil parish in the Cherwell district of northeastern Oxfordshire in Southern England that also comprises an eco town at North-East Bicester and self-build village aGraven Hill Its loca ...

but did not include it. It was created in 1932 from parts of the abolished Bicester Rural District, Headington Rural District and Woodstock Rural District, along with a couple of non-urban parishes from

urban district. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and now forms part of the Cherwell district.

References

External links

Ploughley Rural District boundary map
– Vision of Britain website History of Oxfordshire Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of England {{Oxfordshire-geo-stub