Newport Pagnell Rural District
52°05′12″N 0°43′20″W / 52.0866°N 0.7222°W
Newport Pagnell | |
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Rural district | |
7 Station Road, Newport Pagnell: Council offices 1926–1974 | |
Area | |
• 1911 | 67,060 acres (271.4 km2) |
• 1961 | 61,688 acres (249.6 km2) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 19,173 |
• 1971[1] | 15,615 |
History | |
• Created | 28 December 1894 |
• Abolished | 31 March 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Milton Keynes district |
Status | Rural district |
• HQ | Newport Pagnell |
Newport Pagnell was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north-east of the county.
History
The district had its origins in the
Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. The Newport Pagnell Rural District Council held its first meeting on 2 January 1895 at the workhouse, when John Robert Wilmer was appointed the first chairman of the council.[3]
Shortly after the district's creation, efforts began to create separate urban district councils for the main two towns in the district: Fenny Stratford and Newport Pagnell itself. The Fenny Stratford Urban District was created on 1 July 1895, removing the parishes of Fenny Stratford and Simpson from the district. The parish of Newport Pagnell similarly became Newport Pagnell Urban District on 1 October 1897.[4] The parish of Bletchley was subsequently transferred in 1898 from Newport Pagnell Rural District to the Fenny Stratford Urban District (which was renamed Bletchley Urban District in 1911).
In 1967 the new town of Milton Keynes was designated, with a significant portion of the south-west of Newport Pagnell Rural District falling within its designated area. The Milton Keynes Development Corporation was established to oversee construction of the new town, and Newport Pagnell Rural District Council lost its town planning responsibilities in that area to the development corporation.[5]
Civil parishes
- Astwood
- Bletchley (until 1898), Bow Brickhill, Bradwell, Bradwell Abbey, Broughton
- Castlethorpe, Chicheley, Clifton Reynes, Cold Brayfield
- Emberton
- Fenny Stratford (until 1895)
- Great Woolstone(until 1934),
- Hanslope, Hardmead, Haversham
- Little Woolstone (until 1934), Loughton
- Milton Keynes, Moulsoe
- Newport Pagnell (until 1897), Newton Blossomville, Newton Longville (until 1934), North Crawley
- Olney
- Petsoe Manor
- Ravenstone
- Shenley Church End, Sherington, Simpson (until 1895), Stantonbury, Stoke Goldington
- Tyringham and Filgrave
- Woughton on the Green
Premises
Until the 1920s the council met at the Newport Pagnell Union Workhouse, with administrative functions carried out at the offices of the solicitor who acted as clerk to the council. In 1926 the council bought a large house at 7 Station Road in Newport Pagnell for £1,000, converting it to become its offices and meeting place.[6] The council remained based at 7 Station Road until its abolition in 1974.
Abolition
Newport Pagnell Rural District was abolished under the
See also
References
- ^ "Newport Pagnell Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Newport Pagnell Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Newport Pagnell: District Council". Buckingham Advertiser and North Bucks Free Press. 5 January 1895. p. 5.
- ^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1898. p. 286.
- ^ "North Buckinghamshire (Milton Keynes) New Town (Designation) Order". The London Gazette (44233): 827. 24 January 1967. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Newport Pagnell Rural District Council: New office purchased". Buckingham Advertiser. 23 October 1926. p. 7.