Eton Rural District
51°29′17″N 0°36′33″W / 51.4881°N 0.6092°W
Eton Rural District | |
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Rural district | |
Area | |
• 1911 | 41,005 acres (165.9 km2) |
• 1961 | 35,537 acres (143.8 km2) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 20,038 |
• 1971[1] | 68,045 |
History | |
• Created | 28 December 1894 |
• Abolished | 31 March 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Beaconsfield |
• HQ | Slough |
Eton Rural District was a
History
The district had its origins in the Eton
Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. The Eton Rural District Council held its first meeting on 8 January 1895 at the workhouse in Slough. George Shippen Willes was appointed the first chairman of the council.[3]
Parishes
It included the parishes of:
- Boveney (abolished 1934, rural part to Dorney, urban part to Eton)
- Burnham
- Datchet
- Denham
- Dorney
- Eton Wick (created December 1894 from the parts of Eton parish outside the Eton Urban District, abolished 1934 and absorbed back into Eton)
- Farnham Royal
- Fulmer
- Gerrards Cross (created 1895)
- Hedgerley
- Hedgerley Dean(abolished 1934, split between Farnham Royal, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley)
- Hitcham (abolished 1934, split between Burnham, Dorney and Taplow)
- Horton
- Iver
- Langley Marish(part to Slough in 1930, remainder split between Fulmer and Wexham in 1934)
- Stoke Poges
- Taplow
- Upton cum Chalvey(abolished c. 1900, most to Slough)
- Wexham
- Wyrardisbury
Premises
Until the
In 1954 the council extended Denmark House, building a linking section attaching it to the neighbouring house called Abbeyfield (in between Denmark House and Apsley House), which was incorporated into the offices. The extended Denmark House then became the council's combined offices and meeting place.[6] Apsley House was subsequently demolished around 1970 to make way for a new police station and magistrates court.[7]
Abolition
The district was abolished on 1 April 1974. It was partitioned between
References
- ^ "Eton Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ a b Higginbotham, Peter. "Eton Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Eton Union Board of Guardians and Rural District Council". Windsor and Eton Express. 12 January 1895. p. 2.
- ^ Ltd, Kelly's Directories (1939). Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire. London. p. 119.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Eton Rural Council". Middlesex Advertiser and County Gazette. Uxbridge. 11 May 1928. p. 5.
The Clerk reported the completion of the purchase of Denmark House, where the Surveyor's and the Rating Departments are to be housed, and stated that the firm of Barrett and Thompson were moving from Stacey House to Apsley House, in the Windsor Road, where the Housing Accountant would be accommodated.
- ^ "Eton Rural District Council Offices, Windsor Road, Slough, 1976". Sense of Place South East. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Apsley House, Windsor Road, Slough. About 1910". Sense of Place South East. Retrieved 26 May 2022.