Eaton Bray Rural District

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Coordinates: 51°52′37″N 0°35′31″W / 51.877°N 0.592°W / 51.877; -0.592

Eaton Bray Rural District
Rural district
Population
 • 19014,101
 • 1931[1]3,935
History
 • Created28 December 1894
 • Abolished31 March 1933
 • Succeeded byLuton Rural District
 • HQLeighton Buzzard
Contained within
 • County CouncilBedfordshire

Eaton Bray was a rural district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1933.

The district had its origins in the Leighton Buzzard Rural Sanitary District. This had been created under the Public Health Acts of 1872 and 1875, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing Boards of Guardians of Poor Law Unions.[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1894, Rural Sanitary Districts became Rural Districts from 28 December 1894, and rural sanitary districts which straddled county boundaries were to be split so that separate rural districts were created for the parts in each county. The Bedfordshire part of the Leighton Buzzard Rural Sanitary District became the Eaton Bray Rural District, whilst the Buckinghamshire part became the Linslade Rural District (renamed Wing Rural District in 1897 after Linslade itself was made an urban district).[3] The link with the Poor Law Union continued, with all the elected councillors of both Eaton Bray and Linslade Rural District Councils being ex officio members of the Leighton Buzzard Board of Guardians. The first meeting of the new Eaton Bray Rural District Council was held on 28 December 1894 at the Leighton Buzzard Union Workhouse, immediately after a meeting of the Board of Guardians. The council's first chairman was John Britten of Heath and Reach.[4]

Whilst the district was named after the parish of Eaton Bray, the council continued to meet in Leighton Buzzard, generally meeting at the Union Workhouse on Grovebury Road after meetings of the larger Leighton Buzzard Board of Guardians.[5][6][7]

The district was enlarged by the addition of the parishes of Chalgrave, Hockliffe and Tilsworth in 1900, which had all been part of the neighbouring Woburn Rural District, which was abolished.

The rural district contained the following civil parishes:

Eaton Bray Rural District was abolished in 1933 under a County Review Order being merged into the Luton Rural District apart from a small area of Heath and Reach parish which was transferred to Leighton Buzzard Urban District instead. These changes took effect on 1 April 1933.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Eaton Bray RD". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ Higginbotham, Peter (2021). "Leighton Buzzard Poor Law Union". The Workhouse. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ Local Government Acts, 1888 & 1894, Bedfordshire Times and Independent (Bedford), 18 August 1894, page 5
  4. ^ Leighton Buzzard Union: First Meeting of the New Bodies, Bedfordshire Advertiser (Luton), 4 January 1895, page 3
  5. ^ Board of Guardians and District Council, Leighton Buzzard Observer, 24 March 1896, page 6. Council meeting held at "Board Room of the Union Workhouse".
  6. ^ Zoological Society of London, London Gazette, 25 November 1927, page 7560. Gives the clerk of the council's office address as 30 High Street, Leighton Buzzard.
  7. ^ Hockliffe: An Old Sewer, Bedfordshire Times and Independent (Bedford), 1 July 1932, page 2. Mentions council meeting being held at Leighton Buzzard.
  8. ^ Boundary Review: The South Bedfordshire Order, 1933, Bedfordshire Times and Independent (Bedford), 24 March 1933, page 8
  9. ^ Registrar-General (1933). Statistical Review of England and Wales. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 112. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

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