Wycombe Rural District
Wycombe was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England.
Wycombe | |
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Area | |
• 1911 | 71,716 acres (112.056 sq mi; 290.22 km2) |
• 1931 | 64,357 acres (100.558 sq mi; 260.44 km2) |
• 1961 | 71,232 acres (111.300 sq mi; 288.27 km2) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 22,910 |
• 1931 | 27,694 |
• 1971 | 71,331 |
History | |
• Origin | Rural sanitary district |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Wycombe district |
Status | Rural district |
Government | Wycombe Rural District Council |
• HQ | Bellfield House, High Wycombe |
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The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the disbanded Wycombe Rural Sanitary District.[1] The district was named after, and based in, High Wycombe. The rural district did not include the town, however, which was a separate municipal borough (known as Chepping Wycombe until 1946).[2][3]
Area and parishes
The district consisted of a number of rural parishes surrounding High Wycombe. In 1934 it was enlarged, when a county review order added the area of the abolished Hambleden Rural District.[1]
Parish | Changes |
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Bledlow | Merged with Saunderton 1934 |
Bledlow cum Saunderton | Formed by the merger of two parishes in 1934 |
Bradenham | |
Chepping Wycombe Rural | Renamed Chepping Wycombe 1949 |
Ellesborough | |
Fawley | Transferred from Hambleden RD 1934 |
Fingest | Renamed Fingest and Lane End 1937 |
Great and Little Hampden | Parishes had been merged in 1885 |
Great and Little Kimble | Parishes had been merged in 1885 |
Great Marlow | Part of parish became Marlow Urban District in 1897 |
Hambleden | Transferred from Hambleden RD 1934 |
Hedsor | |
Horsenden | Abolished 1934: area split between Bledlow cum Saunderton and Princes Risborough |
Hughenden | |
Ibstone | |
Ilmer | Abolished 1934: formed part of Longwick cum Ilmer |
Lacey Green | Formed 1934 from part of Princes Risborough |
Little Marlow | |
Little Missenden | Transferred to Amersham Rural District 1901 |
Longwick cum Ilmer | Formed 1934 by merger of Ilmer and Monks Risborough (with parts Princes Risborough of Towersey) |
Medmenham | Transferred from Hambleden RD 1934 |
Monks Risborough | abolished 1934, most passed to new parish of Longwick cum Ilmer |
Princes Risborough | |
Radnage | |
Saunderton | Merged with Bledlow 1934 |
Stokenchurch | Transferred from Oxfordshire 1895 |
Turville | |
West Wycombe | Abolished 1934, with part added to enlarged Borough of Chepping Wycombe, remainder to West Wycombe Rural |
West Wycombe Rural | Formed 1934 from the part of West Wycombe not added to the borough with part of Hughenden |
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References
- Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. I Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
- "Relationships / unit history of Wycombe RD". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- "Wycombe RD: Historical Boundaries". A Vision of Britain. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
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