Oakham Rural District

Oakham was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the north of the county.

Oakham

Oakham Rural District shown within Rutland in 1970.
Area
 • 191152,553 acres (212.67 km2)
 • 196152,553 acres (212.67 km2)
Population
 • 19016,761
 • 197110,851
History
 • OriginRural sanitary district
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byRutland
StatusRural district
GovernmentOakham Rural District Council
 • HQCatmose, Oakham
 • MottoParva Componere Magnis (To compare great things with small)
Subdivisions
 • TypeCivil parishes

The rural district had its origins in the Oakham Rural Sanitary District, formed in 1875. Oakham RSD had an identical area to Oakham poor law union, and consisted of thirty-one civil parishes of which twenty-nine were in Rutland and two in Leicestershire.

The Local Government Act 1894 redesignated the area as Oakham Rural District, at the same time transferring the Leicestershire parishes of Cold Overton and Knossington to Melton Mowbray Rural District.

The rural district included the town of Oakham until 1911, when it was constituted as Oakham Urban District.[1] The Rural District Council continued to be based in the town, however.[2]

Parishes

The rural district consisted of the following parishes:[3]

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References
  1. "Oakham RD". Vision of Britain. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2008.[]
  2. "No. 45472". The London Gazette. 16 September 1971. p. 45472.
  3. F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.II: Northern England, London, 1991

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