Uppingham Rural District

Uppingham
Geography
Status Rural district
1911 area 24,735 acres (100.10 km2)
1961 area 24,735 acres (100.10 km2)
HQ Uppingham
History
Origin Rural sanitary district
Created 1894
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Rutland
Demography
1901 population 6,809
1971 population 6,587
Politics
Governance Uppingham Rural District Council
Subdivisions
Type Civil parishes

Uppingham was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the south-west of the county.

The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Uppingham rural sanitary district in Rutland. At the same time, the remainder of Uppingham RSD, which lay in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire became Hallaton Rural District and Gretton Rural District respectively.[1]

The only town in the district was Uppingham.

The rural district was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. Oakham RD was merged with three other authorities to become the non-metropolitan district of Rutland.[2]

Parishes

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

References

  1. ^ "Uppingham RD". Vision of Britain. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074447&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 2008-06-28. 
  2. ^ a b F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991