Benfleet Urban District
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Administration | |
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Status: | Urban district |
HQ: | Thundersley |
History | |
Created: | 1929 |
Abolished: | 1974 |
Succeeded by: | Castle Point |
Area | |
1931: | 6,356 acres |
1961: | 6,372 acres |
Population | |
1921: | 6,136 (equivalent area) |
1971: | 48,045 |
Benfleet Urban District was an urban district in the county of Essex, England. It was created on 1 October 1929 by the merger of the civil parishes of Hadleigh, South Benfleet and Thundersley, all previously in the Rochford Rural District.
Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the Borough of Castle Point.