Romford Rural District
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| Romford Rural District | |
| Geography | |
| Status | Rural district |
| 1911 area | 29,720 acres |
| 1921 area | 29,720 acres |
| 1931 area | 16,376 acres |
| HQ | Romford |
| History | |
| Created | 1894 |
| Abolished | 1934 |
| Succeeded by | Romford Urban District Hornchurch Urban District Dagenham Urban District Brentwood Urban District |
| Demography | |
|---|---|
| 1911 population - 1911 density |
25,356 0.8/acre |
| 1921 population - 1921 density |
29,485 1/acre |
| 1931 population - 1931 density |
15,107 0.9/acre |
| Politics | |
| Governance | Romford Rural District Council |
Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district.[1] During the life of the district the area changed in use from rural farm land to sprawling London suburb and in 1926 much of it was removed to form new urban districts.
[edit] Creation
It was created a rural district in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894, based on the Romford rural sanitary district. When the district was created the ancient Romford parish was initially split into Romford Urban and Romford Rural with the former constituting an urban district and the latter forming part of the larger rural district. The arrangement did not last, and in 1900 the two parishes were abolished and their former area used to create a Romford parish which constituted the enlarged Romford Urban District.[2]
In 1911 the rural district had a combined area of 29,720 acres (120 km²) and consisted of the following parishes:
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[edit] Abolition
In 1926 the parish of Hornchurch was removed to form Hornchurch Urban District and the parish of Dagenham, which included much of the vast Becontree estate, was removed to form Dagenham Urban District. In 1934 the district was abolished and the remaining parishes transferred to neighbouring districts:
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Parish | Transferred to |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Noak Hill | Romford Urban District (3,687 acres) | |
| 2. Havering-atte-Bower | ||
| 3. Great Warley | split with most to Hornchurch Urban District (7,141 acres) and part to Brentwood Urban District (1,002 acres) |
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| 4. Upminster | ||
| 5. Cranham | ||
| 6. Rainham | Hornchurch Urban District (4,546 acres) | |
| 7. Wennington |
The area today forms parts of the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London. A boundary change in 1993 transferred the remaining parts of Great Warley to the Brentwood Borough of Essex.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Vision of Britain - Romford RD (historic map)
- ^ British History Online - Romford local government
- ^ OPSI - Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No.2) Order 1993
