Abingdon Rural District

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Abingdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Abingdon rural sanitary district which was in Berkshire (the Oxfordshire part forming Culham Rural District). It nearly entirely surrounded, but did not include, the municipal borough of Abingdon, and in the north was close to Oxford.

It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with other districts to form the new Vale of White Horse, which was in the new non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire.

[edit] Civil parishes

The district contained the following civil parishes during its existence:^[1]

Abingdon St. Helen Without
Appleford
Appleton-with-Eaton
Bagley Wood (until 1900: absorbed by Radley CP)
Besselsleigh
Chandlings Farm (until 1900: absorbed by Radley CP)
Cumnor
Draycot Moor (until 1971: became part of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor CP)
Drayton
Frilford
Fyfield (until 1952: merged with Tubney CP)
Fyfield and Tubney (from 1952: merger of Fyfield, Tubney CPs)
Garford
Kennington
Kingston Bagpuize (until 1971: formed part of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor CP)
Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (from 1971: merger of Kingston Bagpuize, Draycot Moor CPs)
Lyford
Marcham
Milton
North Hinksey
Radley
Seacourt (until 1900: absorbed by Wytham CP)
South Hinksey
Steventon
Sunningwell
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Wick (until 1934: abolished with areas going to Abingdon MB, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay CPs)
Tubney (until 1952: merged with Fyfield CP)
Wootton
Wytham