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Epping Rural District

Former local government area in the UK

Summary

Former local government area in the UK

Field	Value
Name	Epping
HQ	Epping
Status	Rural district
Start	1894
End	1955
Replace	Harlow Urban District
Epping and Ongar Rural District
Image	[[File:Epping RD 1911.png	250px]]
The district in 1911
PopulationFirst	12,783
PopulationFirstYear	1901
PopulationLast	20,024
PopulationLastYear	1951
AreaFirst	39055 acre
AreaFirstYear	1911
AreaLast	34851 acre
AreaLastYear	1951

Epping and Ongar Rural District The district in 1911 Epping was, from 1894 to 1955, a rural district in the administrative county of Essex, England.

Formation and boundary changes

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Epping Rural Sanitary District. The rural district was governed by a directly elected rural district council (RDC), which replaced the rural sanitary authority that had comprised the poor law guardians for the area. The council's headquarters were in the town of Epping.

Over its existence, the rural district lost territory to new urban districts. In 1896 Epping became a separate urban district, although Epping RDC continued to be based in the town. Loughton and Chigwell were constituted urban districts in 1900 and 1933 respectively.

Abolition

Epping RD was finally abolished when the New Town of Harlow was constituted an urban district in 1955. The remainder of the rural district was merged with the neighbouring Ongar Rural District to form Epping and Ongar Rural District.

Parishes

When established in 1894, Epping RD consisted of sixteen civil parishes. Over the next sixty-one years the number was reduced due to both loss of territory to urban districts and amalgamation of small parishes. On abolition there were twelve parishes:

Theydon Garnon

References

Youngs, Frederic A Jr.. (1979). "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England". [[Royal Historical Society]].
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