Amersham Rural District

Coordinates: 51°40′37″N 0°36′12″W / 51.6769°N 0.6034°W / 51.6769; -0.6034

Amersham was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. The rural district took over the responsibilities of the disbanded Amersham Rural Sanitary District. It entirely surrounded but did not include Chesham. Chesham and Amersham rural districts were merged to form the Chiltern District under the Local Government Act 1972.

Civil parishes

The parishes were originally:

• Amersham
• Ashley Green (created 1897 from part of Chesham)
• Chalfont St Giles
• Chalfont St Peter
• Chartridge (created 1899 from part of Chesham)
• Chenies
• Chesham Bois
• Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards (created 1934 from 4 parishes plus parcels of land previously in Aylesbury Rural District)
• Coleshill
• Great Missenden
• Latimer (created 1899 from part of Chesham)
• Little Missenden (until 1930)
• Penn
• Seer Green
• The Lee

References

• History of local government in Buckinghamshire

Chiltern District Buckinghamshire County Council elections District Council elections Chesham and Amersham Constituency Towns (component areas and hamlets) Amersham Woodrow Chesham Asheridge Vale Botley Chesham Vale Chessmount Codmore Great Hivings Hilltop Loundes Lye Green Newtown Pednormead End Pond Park Townsend Waterside Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets) Ashley Green Ashley Green Whelpley Hill Chenies Chalfont St Giles Bottrells Close Chalfont Grove Chalfont St Giles Jordans Stratton Chase Chalfont St Peter Austenwood Chalfont Common Layters Green Chartridge Asheridge Bellingdon Chartridge Hundridge Pednor Pednor Bottom Chesham Bois Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards Buckland Common Cholesbury Hawridge St Leonards Coleshill Great Missenden Ballinger Ballinger Bottom Ballinger Common Bryant's Bottom Frith-hill Great Missenden Heath End Hotley Bottom Hyde End Little Wood Corner Mobwell Prestwood South Heath Latimer Latimer Ley Hill Orchard Leigh Tyler's Hill Little Chalfont Little Missenden Beamond End Holmer Green Hyde Heath Little Kingshill Little Missenden Mantles Green Mop End Spurlands End Penn Beacon Hill Forty Green Knotty Green Penn Penn Bottom Penn Street Winchmore Hill Seer Green The Lee Lee Clump Lee Common Lee Gate Hunt's Green Potter Row Swan Bottom The Lee Former districts and boroughs Amersham Rural District Chesham Urban District Former constituencies Buckinghamshire County Constituency Amersham Constituency List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire List of places in Buckinghamshire List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

History of local government districts in Buckinghamshire Ancient boroughs Amersham Aylesbury Brill Buckingham Chepping Wycombe Fenny Stratford Great Marlow Newport Pagnell Olney Wendover Incorporated boroughs Aylesbury Buckingham Slough Chepping Wycombe High Wycombe Urban districts Aylesbury Beaconsfield Bletchley Chesham Eton Fenny Stratford Linslade Marlow Newport Pagnell Slough Stratford and Wolverton Wolverton Rural districts Amersham Buckingham Eton Hambleden Long Crendon Newport Pagnell Stratford and Wolverton Wing Wycombe Civil parishes List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire Boundary changes affecting Buckinghamshire