Croydon Rural District
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| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Status: | Rural district |
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| History | |
| Created: | 1894 |
| Abolished: | 1915 |
| Succeeded by: | various, see text |
| Population | |
| 1901: | 33,671 |
| 1911: | 65,133 |
Croydon Rural District was a rural district in north east Surrey from 1894 to 1915. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and replaced the Croydon Rural Sanitary District. The district surrounded the County Borough of Croydon to the south, east and west.
When established in 1894, the area covered was primarily rural, dotted with small villages and towns, but the expansion of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to rapid urbanisation and the rural district was progressive broken-up to form newly created urban districts. It was abolished in 1915.
Its area now forms parts of the London Boroughs of Bromley, Croydon, Merton and Sutton and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead.
[edit] History
- 1899 - Penge removed to create Penge Urban District and transferred to the county of Kent.
- 1907 - Merton removed to form the Merton Urban District.
- 1911 - The census records the district as covering an area of 21,018 acres with a population of 65,133
- 1913 - Morden was transferred to the Merton Urban District and the district was renamed Merton and Morden Urban District.
- 1915 - Rural District was abolished and broken-up:
- Coulsdon and Sanderstead formed Coulsdon and Purley Urban District
- Beddington and Wallington formed Beddington and Wallington Urban District
- Addington was transferred to Godstone Rural District
- Woodmansterne was transferred to Epsom Rural District
- Mitcham became the Mitcham Urban District
