Ketton Rural District

infobox historic subdivision|
Name= Ketton
HQ= Stamford
Status= Rural district
Origin= Rural sanitary district
Start= 1894
End= 1974
Replace= Rutland


PopulationFirst= 2,835
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
AreaFirst= convert|17735|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1911
PopulationLast= 3,639
PopulationLastYear= 1971
AreaLast= convert|17735|acre|km2
AreaLastYear= 1961
Government= Ketton Rural District Council
Divisions= Civil parishes

Ketton was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the east of the county. The district was named after Ketton.cite vob|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10104099&c_id=10001043|name=Ketton Rural District|accessdate=2008-06-27]

The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Stamford rural sanitary district in Rutland. At the same time, the remainder of Stamford RSD, which lay in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough became Uffington Rural District, Easton on the Hill Rural District and Barnack Rural District respectively.F A Youngs Jr., "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991] The rural district council's offices remained in Stamford, Lincolnshire, outside the district. [LondonGazette |issue=45823 |date=1972-11-10 |startpage=13361 ]

In 1960 the Local Government Commission for England proposed the abolition of the county of Rutland. The bulk of the county was to become part of Leicestershire, with Ketton RD transferred to a greatly enlarged Cambridgeshire. ["Mergers Of Midland Counties Proposed: Rutland And Huntingdonshire Would Lose Independence", The Times, March 2, 1960] The plans were not carried through, however and it was not until 1974 that the rural district was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and merged into a single Rutland district.

Parishes

The rural district consisted of nine civil parishes:

*Clipsham
*Essendine
*Great Casterton
*Ketton
*Little Casterton
*Pickworth
*Ryhall
*Tinwell
*Tixover

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