Oundle and Thrapston Rural District
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Oundle and Thrapston was a rural district
in Northamptonshire
, England
from 1935 to 1974.
It was formed in 1935 under the County Review Order
as a merger of the Easton on the Hill Rural District
, the Gretton Rural District
, and the parts of the Oundle Rural District
and the Thrapston Rural District
which were in Northamptonshire.
It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972
and now forms part of the East Northamptonshire
district.
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, 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 formed in 1935 under the 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....
as a merger of the Easton on the Hill Rural District
Easton on the Hill Rural District
Easton on the Hill was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Stamford rural sanitary district which was in Northamptonshire proper Easton on the Hill was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England...
, the Gretton Rural District
Gretton Rural District
Gretton was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed from the Northamptonshire part of the Uppingham rural sanitary district .It consisted of the following...
, and the parts of the Oundle Rural District
Oundle Rural District
Oundle was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1935.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Oundle rural sanitary district. It was one of only a few such districts to cross a county border, with parishes in both Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire.In 1935 it was abolished,...
and the Thrapston Rural District
Thrapston Rural District
Thrapston was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1935. It was one of only a few rural districts to be split between administrative counties, with part in Northamptonshire and part in Huntingdonshire.The Huntingdonshire parishes were:*Brington*Bythorn...
which were in Northamptonshire.
It was abolished in 1974 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 now forms part of the East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire
East Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Thrapston and Rushden, which is the largest town in the area...
district.