Romford Rural District

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Romford Rural District
Government= Romford Rural District Council
HQ= Romford
Status= Rural district
Start= 1894
End= 1934
Replace= Romford Urban District
Hornchurch Urban District
Dagenham Urban District
Brentwood Urban District

PopulationFirst= 25,356
PopulationFirstYear= 1911
AreaFirst= convert|29720|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1911
DensityFirst= 0.8/acre
DensityFirstYear= 1911

PopulationSecond= 29,485
PopulationSecondYear= 1921
AreaSecond= convert|29720|acre|km2
AreaSecondYear= 1921
DensitySecond= 1/acre
DensitySecondYear= 1921

PopulationLast= 15,107
PopulationLastYear= 1931
AreaLast= convert|16376|acre|km2
AreaLastYear= 1931
DensityLast= 0.9/acre
DensityLastYear= 1931

Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex, England from 1894 to 1934. It surrounded, but did not include, Romford which formed a separate urban district.Vision of Britain - [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10025370&c_id=10001043 Romford RD] ( [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10025370&c_id=10001043 historic map] )] During the life of the district the area changed in use from rural farm land to sprawling London suburb and in 1926 much of it was removed to form new urban districts.

Creation

It was created a rural district in 1894 by the Local Government Act 1894, based on the Romford rural sanitary district. When the district was created the ancient Romford parish was initially split into "Romford Urban" and "Romford Rural" with the former constituting an urban district and the latter forming part of the larger rural district. The arrangement did not last, and in 1900 the two parishes were abolished and their former area used to create a Romford parish which constituted the enlarged Romford Urban District. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42818 British History Online] - Romford local government]

In 1911 the rural district had a combined area of 29,720 acres (120 km²) and consisted of the following parishes:

Abolition

In 1926 the parish of Hornchurch was removed to form Hornchurch Urban District and the parish of Dagenham, which included much of the vast Becontree estate, was removed to form Dagenham Urban District. In 1934 the district was abolished and the remaining parishes transferred to neighbouring districts:

The area today forms parts of the London Borough of Havering and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Greater London. A boundary change in 1993 transferred the remaining parts of Great Warley to the Brentwood Borough of Essex. [ [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19931218_en_1.htm OPSI] - Essex and Greater London (County and London Borough Boundaries) (No.2) Order 1993]

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