Braughing Rural District
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Braughing was a rural district
in Hertfordshire
, England
from 1935 to 1974.
It was created under a County Review Order
by the merger of most of the Hadham Rural District
and most of the Buntingford Rural District. It was named after Braughing
. It was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972
, and became part of the District of East Hertfordshire
.
Rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...
in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
from 1935 to 1974.
It was created under a County Review Order
Local Government Act 1929
The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....
by the merger of most of the Hadham Rural District
Hadham Rural District
Hadham was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1935.It was created in 1894 from that part of the Bishop's Stortford rural sanitary district that was in Hertfordshire...
and most of the Buntingford Rural District. It was named after Braughing
Braughing
Braughing is a village and civil parish, between the rivers Quin and Rib, in the non-metropolitan district of East Hertfordshire, part of the English county of Hertfordshire, England...
. It was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
, and became part of the District of East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire
East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council has offices in Bishop's Stortford and Hertford ....
.