Uffington Rural District
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Uffington was a rural district
in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven
from 1894 to 1931.
It was created in 1894 from that part of the Stamford
rural sanitary district which was in Kesteven (the rest forming part of either Ketton Rural District
in Rutland
, Easton on the Hill Rural District
in Northamptonshire
, or Barnack Rural District
in the Soke of Peterborough
).
It covered the following parishes
It was abolished by a County Review Order
in 1931, and went to form part of the South Kesteven Rural 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven
Kesteven
The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. This subdivision had long had a separate county administration , along with the other two parts, Lindsey and Holland.-Etymology:...
from 1894 to 1931.
It was created in 1894 from that part of the Stamford
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
rural sanitary district which was in Kesteven (the rest forming part of either Ketton Rural District
Ketton Rural District
Ketton was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the east of the county. The district was named after Ketton.The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Stamford rural sanitary district in Rutland...
in Rutland
Rutland
Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....
, 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...
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,...
, or Barnack Rural District
Barnack Rural District
Barnack was a rural district in the Soke of Peterborough and later Huntingdon and Peterborough from 1894 to 1974.It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, from that part of the Stamford rural sanitary district which was in the Soke Barnack was a rural district in the Soke of...
in the Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough
The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire...
).
It covered the following parishes
- BarholmBarholmBarholm is a village in Lincolnshire, England. It is off the A15 road, eight miles south-west of Bourne.It is first recorded as Bercham in 1086; the name is from Old English beorg + hām or hamm and means 'homestead or enclosure on a hill.'...
- BraceboroughBraceboroughBraceborough is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated off the Stamford to Bourne A6121 road, just west of the A15 as it runs between Market Deeping and Bourne. It forms part of the Civil Parish of Braceborough and Wilsthorpe.The ecclesiastical parish has...
- GreatfordGreatfordGreatford is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies west of the A15, north-east of Stamford, and south of Bourne...
- Stowe
- TallingtonTallingtonTallington is a small village of around 200 houses, situated four miles east of Stamford in South Kesteven, on the southern edge of Lincolnshire, next to the borough of Peterborough.-Geography:...
- UffingtonUffington, LincolnshireUffington is a village in the valley of the River Welland, between Stamford and The Deepings, in the South Kesteven district of the English county of Lincolnshire.-Geography:...
- West DeepingWest DeepingWest Deeping is a village in Lincolnshire, England that forms part of The Deepings, lying just off the A16 road towards Stamford to the west of Market Deeping, hence its name West Deeping. It has a population of 277. It is a Civil Parish in South Kesteven....
- WilsthorpeWilsthorpe, LincolnshireWilsthorpe is a village in the district of South Kesteven in the county of Lincolnshire, England, about north-east of the town of Stamford and about south of the town of Bourne....
It was abolished by 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....
in 1931, and went to form part of the South Kesteven Rural District
South Kesteven Rural District
South Kesteven was a rural district in Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven in England from 1931 to 1974.It was formed under a County Review Order in 1931, by the merger of the Bourne Rural District and the Uffington Rural District....
.