Chipping Norton Rural District
51°55′50″N 1°32′21″W / 51.9306°N 1.5393°W
| Chipping Norton Rural District | |
|---|---|
| Rural district | |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 11,246 |
| • 1971 | 18,385[1] |
| History | |
| • Created | 28 December 1894 |
| • Abolished | 31 March 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | West Oxfordshire |
| • HQ | Chipping Norton |
| Contained within | |
| • County Council | Oxfordshire |
Chipping Norton Rural District was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It surrounded but did not include the town of Chipping Norton.
History
[edit]The district had its origins in the Chipping Norton Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835, covering the town of Chipping Norton and surrounding parishes in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. A workhouse was built in 1836 at 26 London Road in Chipping Norton to serve the area.[2] In 1872, sanitary districts were established, with responsibility for public health and local government given to the boards of guardians of poor law unions for areas without urban authorities. The Chipping Norton Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the Chipping Norton Poor Law Union except for the parish of Chipping Norton itself, which was a municipal borough and so formed its own urban sanitary district.[3]
Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. Where rural sanitary districts straddled county boundaries, they were to be split or otherwise adjusted so that each new rural district was in one county. The Gloucestershire and Warwickshire parishes from the Chipping Norton Rural Sanitary District were therefore all transferred to the Brailes Rural District in Warwickshire.[4]
Chipping Norton Rural District Council held its first meeting on 9 January 1895 at the workhouse in Chipping Norton, when Thomas Harris, rector of Swerford, was chosen as the council's first chairman. He had previously been the chairman of the board of guardians.[5]
Chipping Norton Rural District was enlarged in 1932 when it took in several parishes from the disbanded Woodstock Rural District.[1]
Chipping Norton Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with the area becoming part of West Oxfordshire on 1 April 1974.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chipping Norton Rural District". A Vision of Britain Through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Chipping Norton Workhouse". The Workhouse. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Chipping Norton Rural Sanitary District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "The Counties of Oxford and Warwick (Chipping Norton and Brailes) Confirmation Order, 1894". Annual Report of the Local Government Board 1894-95. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1895. p. 273. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Chipping Norton Rural District Council". Oxfordshire Weekly News. Chipping Norton. 16 January 1895. p. 5. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ The English Non-Metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972 No. 2039). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1972. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.