Hollingbourne Rural District
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Hollingbourne | |
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History | |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Maidstone |
Status | Rural district |
Hollingbourne Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England. It was named after the village of Hollingbourne.
Following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged with to form the Borough of Maidstone.
Civil parishes[]
At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the east and southeast of Maidstone:
- Bicknor
- Boughton Malherbe
- Boxley
- Bredhurst (part transferred to Gillingham Borough Council in 1933)
- Broomfield and Kingswood
- Chart Sutton
- Detling
- East Sutton
- Frinsted
- Harrietsham
- Headcorn
- Hollingbourne
- Hucking
- Langley
- Leeds
- Lenham
- Otterden
- Stockbury
- Sutton Valence
- Thurnham
- Ulcombe
- Wichling
- Wormshill
See also[]
- Hollingbourne Station
- Hollingbourne Downs
- Mills on Hollingbourne Stream
Categories:
- Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
- Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972
- History of Kent
- Borough of Maidstone
- Rural districts of England