Long Crendon Rural District

51°46′22″N 0°59′48″W / 51.7728°N 0.9967°W / 51.7728; -0.9967

Long Crendon
Rural district
Area
• 1911	21,262 acres (86.0 km²)
• 1931	21,262 acres (86.0 km²)

Population
• 1901	4,388
• 1931^[1]	3,822

History
• Created	28 December 1894
• Abolished	31 March 1934
• Succeeded by	Aylesbury Rural District


• HQ	Thame

Long Crendon was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1934.

History

Long Crendon Rural District had its origins in the

Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835. The poor law union was mostly in Oxfordshire but included some parishes in Buckinghamshire.^[2] Poor law unions formed the basis for sanitary districts when they were created in 1872, with the area becoming the Thame Rural Sanitary District, administered by the board of guardians for the poor law union, which was based at the Union Workhouse on Oxford Road in Thame. Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts on 28 December 1894, and where sanitary districts straddled county boundaries they were split to create separate rural districts for the parts in each county. The Long Crendon Rural District was therefore created covering the Buckinghamshire parishes from the Thame Rural Sanitary District, and also took in the parish of Boarstall from the Bicester Rural Sanitary District.^[3]

Long Crendon Rural District Council held its first meeting on 4 January 1895 at the workhouse in Thame, when George Roads was appointed the first chairman.[4]

Parishes

The district consisted of the following parishes:

Boarstall was the only parish transferring from the Bicester RSD rather than the Thame RSD.

Premises

Although named after Long Crendon, the council was administered from Thame. Meetings of the council throughout its existence were held at the workhouse in Thame, whilst administrative functions were carried out at various offices in Thame, generally being the offices of the solicitors who acted as clerk to the council.^[5]

Abolition

The district was abolished under a County Review Order, mainly becoming part of Aylesbury Rural District, with Towersey parish going to Bullingdon Rural District in Oxfordshire (in an exchange that saw Kingsey, which had been part of Thame RD, made part of Aylesbury RD as well).

References

^ "Long Crendon Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Thame Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1895. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 22 May 2022. The Counties of Oxford and Buckingham (Thame Rural Sanitary District) Confirmation Order, 1894
^ "Thame: Meetings of Rural District Councillors". Bucks Herald. Aylesbury. 12 January 1895. p. 7. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "A council's valedictory". Bucks Herald. Aylesbury. 6 April 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

v t e History of local government districts in Buckinghamshire
Ancient boroughs	Amersham Aylesbury Brill Buckingham Chepping Wycombe Fenny Stratford Great Marlow Newport Pagnell Olney Wendover
Incorporated boroughs	Aylesbury Buckingham Slough Chepping Wycombe High Wycombe
Urban districts	Aylesbury Beaconsfield Bletchley Chesham Eton Fenny Stratford Linslade Marlow Newport Pagnell Slough Stratford and Wolverton Wolverton
Rural districts	Amersham Aylesbury Buckingham Eton Hambleden Long Crendon Newport Pagnell Stratford and Wolverton Winslow Wing Wycombe
Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
Boundary changes affecting Buckinghamshire

v t e Aylesbury Vale district
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Towns (component areas and hamlets)	Aylesbury Bedgrove Broughton California Elm Farm Elmhurst Haydon Hill New Zealand Prebendal Farm Quarrendon Queens Park Southcourt Turnfurlong Walton Walton Court Buckingham Bourton Buffler's Holt Castle Fields Mount Pleasant Page Hill Wendover Cobblers Hill Dean Kings Ash Little London Lower Bacombe Smalldean The Hale Upper Bacombe Wendover Dean World's End Winslow Shipton Shipton Brook
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Addington Adstock Akeley Akeley Stockholt Ashendon Ashendon Lower Pollicott Upper Pollicott Aston Clinton Aston Clinton Chivery Vaches Aston Abbotts Burston Aston Sandford Barton Hartshorn Beachampton Berryfields Biddlesden Bierton Burcott Boarstall Boarstall Honeyburge Brill Brill Little London Broughton Hamlet Buckingham Park Buckland Buckland Buckland Wharf Calvert Green Calvert Charndon Chearsley Cheddington Cheddington Cooks Wharf Chetwode Chilton Chilton Easington Coldharbour Fairford Leys Creslow Cublington Cuddington Dinton-with-Ford and Upton Aston Mullins Dinton Ford Gibraltar Upton Waldridge Westlington Dorton Drayton Beauchamp Drayton Parslow Dunton East Claydon Botolph Claydon East Claydon Edgcott Edlesborough Dagnall Northall Ringshall Fleet Marston Foscott Gawcott with Lenborough Gawcott Lenborough Granborough Granborough Green End Great Brickhill Great Horwood Great Horwood Singleborough Grendon Underwood Haddenham Haddenham Halton Hardwick Hillesden Hoggeston Hogshaw Fulbrook Hulcott Ickford Ivinghoe Greatgap Horton Ivinghoe Ivinghoe Aston Ringshall Kingsbrook Kingsey Kingswood Kingswood Tetchwick Leckhampstead Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey Lillingstone Dayrell Luffield Abbey Lillingstone Lovell Little Horwood Long Crendon Ludgershall Maids Moreton Marsh Gibbon Marsh Gibbon Little Marsh Summerstown Marsworth Marsworth Startop's End Mentmore Crafton Ledburn Mentmore Middle Claydon Middle Claydon Verney Junction Mursley Nash Nether Winchendon Newton Longville North Marston Oakley Addingrove Little London Oakley Oving Padbury Pitchcott Pitstone Barley End Pitstone Pitstone Green Pitstone Hill Poundon Preston Bissett Quainton Quainton Shipton Lee Quarrendon Radclive-cum-Chackmore Radclive Chackmore Shabbington Shalstone Slapton Grove Horton Wharf Slapton Soulbury Bragenham Chelmscote Hollingdon Soulbury Stockgrove Steeple Claydon Stewkley North End Stewkley South End Stewkley Dean Stoke Hammond Stoke Mandeville Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell Bishopstone Hartwell Lower Hartwell Sedrup Stone Stowe Boycott Dadford Lamport Stowe Swanbourne Nearton End Swanbourne Thornborough Thornton Tingewick Turweston Twyford Upper Winchendon Waddesdon Eythrope Waddesdon Wormstone Water Stratford Watermead Weedon East End Weedon Weedon Hill Westbury Westcott Weston Turville Bye Green Weston Turville Whaddon Whitchurch Wing Ascott Burcott Littleworth Wing Wingrave Nup End Rowsham Wingrave Woodham Worminghall Wotton Underwood
Former districts and boroughs	Municipal Borough of Aylesbury Municipal Borough of Buckingham Buckingham Rural District Long Crendon Rural District Wing Rural District
Former constituencies	Buckinghamshire County Constituency Wendover Constituency
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