Melbourn Rural District

Melbourn was a rural district in Cambridgeshire, England, from 1894 to 1934.

Position within Cambridgeshire

It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, from that part of the Royston rural sanitary district which was in Cambridgeshire (the rest being part of Hertfordshire and in the Ashwell Rural District). Three parishes historically in Essex (Heydon, Great Chishill and Little Chishill) were initially placed in a separate Royston Rural District, which was dissolved the following year and the parishes joined with Melbourn RD in Cambridgeshire[1]. The included Cambridgeshire parishes were Abington Pigotts, Barrington, Bassingbourn, Fowlmere, Foxton, Guilden Morden, Kneesworth, Litlington, Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth, Shingay, Steeple Morden, Thriplow, Wendy, and Whaddon.[2]

In 1934 under a County Review Order, it was abolished, and its area merged with other districts to form the South Cambridgeshire Rural District.

References
  1. "Great Chishill AP/CP through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. "Melbourn RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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