Ketton Rural District

Ketton
Geography
Status Rural district
1911 area 17,735 acres (71.77 km2)
1961 area 17,735 acres (71.77 km2)
HQ Stamford
History
Origin Rural sanitary district
Created 1894
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Rutland
Demography
1901 population 2,835
1971 population 3,639
Politics
Governance Ketton Rural District Council
Subdivisions
Type Civil parishes

Ketton was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the east of the county. The district was named after Ketton.[1]

The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Stamford rural sanitary district in Rutland. At the same time, the remainder of Stamford RSD, which lay in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough became Uffington Rural District, Easton on the Hill Rural District and Barnack Rural District respectively.[2] The rural district council's offices remained in Stamford, Lincolnshire, outside the district.[3]

In 1960 the Local Government Commission for England proposed the abolition of the county of Rutland. The bulk of the county was to become part of Leicestershire, with Ketton RD transferred to a greatly enlarged Cambridgeshire.[4] The plans were not carried through, however and it was not until 1974 that the rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and merged into a single Rutland district.

Parishes

The rural district consisted of nine civil parishes:[2]

References

  1. ^ Vision of Britain - Ketton Rural District. Retrieved on 2008-06-27.
  2. ^ a b F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 45823. p. 13361. 1972-11-10.
  4. ^ Mergers Of Midland Counties Proposed: Rutland And Huntingdonshire Would Lose Independence, The Times, March 2, 1960