Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District

Kingsclere and Whitchurch
Kingsclere and Whitchurch
Rural district
Area
• 1951	77,394 acres (313.2 km2)
Population
• 1939	17,791
• 1971	27,545
History
• Created	1 April 1932
• Abolished	31 March 1974
• Succeeded by	Basingstoke and Deane
Status	Rural district
• HQ	Kingsclere
Contained within
• County	Hampshire

51°19′24″N 1°14′56″W / 51.32330°N 1.24889°W / 51.32330; -1.24889

Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District was a rural district between 1932 and 1974 in Hampshire, England.

The district was formed as a merger of the abolished Kingsclere Rural District, centred on Kingsclere, and Whitchurch Rural District, centred on Whitchurch.

Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District was in turn abolished in 1974, with its area becoming part of Basingstoke District, which was renamed Basingstoke and Deane in 1978.^[1]

Premises

The council had its offices in a converted and extended early eighteenth century house at 24 Swan Street in Kingsclere.^[2]

Parishes

The district contained the following civil parishes:^[3]

Character

The northern part of the district was within the North Wessex Downs, which was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty shortly before the council's abolition.^[4] The district included Highclere Castle.

References

^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 31 May 2023
^ Historic England. "24 Swan Street (Grade II) (1339784)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ "Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ "No. 45450". The London Gazette. 17 August 1971. p. 8914.

[1] "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 31 May 2023

[2] Historic England. "24 Swan Street (Grade II) (1339784)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[3] "Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[4] "No. 45450". The London Gazette. 17 August 1971. p. 8914.

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v t e Towns, villages and hamlets in the Basingstoke and Deane District of Hampshire, England
	Towns	Basingstoke Tadley Whitchurch
	Civil parishes	Ashford Hill with Headley Ashmansworth Baughurst Bradley Bramley Burghclere Candovers Chineham Cliddesden Deane Dummer East Woodhay Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green Farleigh Wallop Hannington Herriard Highclere Hurstbourne Priors Kingsclere Laverstoke Litchfield and Woodcott Mapledurwell and Up Nately Monk Sherborne Mortimer West End Newtown North Waltham Nutley Oakley Old Basing and Lychpit Overton Pamber Popham Preston Candover Rooksdown Sherborne St John Sherfield on Loddon Sherfield Park Silchester St Mary Bourne Steventon Stratfield Turgis Tunworth Upton Grey Weston Corbett Weston Patrick Winslade Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell
	Villages and hamlets	Adbury Aldermaston Soke Aldern Bridge Andwell Ashe Ashe Warren Ashford Hill Ashley Warren Axford Axmansford Binley Bishop's Green Bramley Corner Bramley Green Broadmere Brock's Green Brown Candover Charter Alley Chilton Candover Cole Henley Dunley East Oakley Ecchinswell Ellisfield Ewhurst Freefolk Hare Warren Headley Heath End Ibworth Inhurst Litchfield Little London Lower Woodcott Lower Wyke Malshanger Mapledurwell Middle Wyke Nately Scures Newfound Newnham Newtown Common North Oakley North Sydmonton Old Basing Old Burghclere Pamber End Pamber Green Pamber Heath Penwood Plastow Green Quidhampton Ramsdell Southrope Stoke Spanish Green Sydmonton Tufton Warren Up Nately Upper Woodcott Upper Wootton Tufton Turgis Green Wadwick Wells-in-the-Field West Heath Whitnal Whitway Woolton Hill Wolverton Wolverton Common Wootton St Lawrence
	Districts of Basingstoke	Brighton Hill Hatch Warren Kempshott Oakridge South Ham Winklebury Worting Viables