Croydon Rural District

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Croydon Rural
Geography
Status	Rural district
History
Created	1894
Abolished	1915
Succeeded by	various, see text
Demography
1901 population	33,671
1911 population	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 Croydon, Merton and Sutton and the Borough of Reigate and Banstead.

[edit] History

• 1907 - Merton removed to form the Merton Urban District.
• 1911 - The census records the district as covering an area of 21,018 acres (85.1 km²) 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.
• 1914 - The Surrey County Council made orders for the abolition of the Rural District, with its area to be reconstituted as three new urban districts or transferred to neighbouring rural districts. This was opposed by the County Borough of Croydon which sought to annex most of Beddington, Coulsdon, Sanderstead and Woodmansterne.^[1] Croydon's scheme was eventually defeated in parliament.
• 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

[edit] References

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