Romford Rural District
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| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Status: | Rural district |
| HQ: | Romford |
| History | |
| Created: | 1894 |
| Abolished: | 1934 |
| Succeeded by: | Romford Urban District Hornchurch Urban District Dagenham Urban District Brentwood Urban District |
| Area | |
| 1900: | 29,720 acres |
| 1934: | 16,376 acres |
| Population | |
| 1901: | 19,018 |
| 1931: | 15,107 |
Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford. During the life of the district much of the area changed in use from rural farm land to sprawling London suburb.
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[edit] Creation
It was created a rural district in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894. When the district was created the ancient Romford parish was initially split into Romford Urban and Romford Rural with the former constituting an urban district and the latter forming part of the larger rural district. The arrangement did not last, and in 1900 the two parishes were abolished and their former area used to create a Romford parish which constituted the enlarged Romford Urban District. [1]
From 1900 the rural district consisted of the parishes of Cranham, Dagenham, Great Warley, Havering atte Bower, Noak Hill, Rainham, Upminster and Wennington; a combined area of 29,720 acres.
[edit] Abolition
In 1926 the parish of Hornchurch was removed to form Hornchurch Urban District and the parish of Dagenham, which included much of the vast Becontree estate, was removed to form Dagenham Urban District.
In 1934 the district was abolished and the remaining parishes transferred to neighbouring districts:
- Noak Hill and Havering-atte-Bower transferred to Romford Urban District
- Rainham and Wennington transferred to Hornchurch Urban District
- Upminster, Cranham and Great Warley split with most of the area transferred to Hornchurch Urban District and a small part to Brentwood Urban District.
The area today forms parts of the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London. A boundary change in 1993 transferred the remaining parts of Great Warley to the Brentwood Borough of Essex. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ British History Online - Romford local government
- ^ OPSI - Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No.2) Order 1993
