Elstree Rural District

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Barnet
Elstree (after 1941)
HQ=
Status= Rural district
Start= 1894
End= 1974
Replace= Barnet Urban District
Hertsmere


PopulationFirst= 4,154
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
PopulationLast= 33,586
PopulationLastYear= 1971
AreaFirst= convert|10820|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1911
AreaLast= convert|8339|acre|km2
AreaLastYear= 1974

Elstree (until 1941 known as Barnet) was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 as Barnet Rural District, [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10107891 Vision of Britain] - Barnet RD] as successor to the Barnet rural sanitary district. The rural district had an identical area to Barnet RSD except for the parish of South Mimms in Middlesex which went to form a single-parish South Mimms Rural District.

The district was renamed Elstree Rural District in 1941. [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10153190&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Elstree RD] It was abolished in 1974, and merged with other districts to form the non-metropolitan district of Hertsmere.

Civil parishes

Over its existence the rural district consisted of the following civil parishes: [Frederic A Youngs Jr., "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England", London 1979]
*Arkley (formed from the rural part of the parish of Chipping Barnet in 1894)
*Elstree
*Ridge
*Shenley
*Totteridge

Totteridge constituted an exclave. [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10107891&c_id=10001043 Vision of Britain] - Barnet RD boundaries (exclave shown)] Arkley became part of the Barnet Urban District in 1905, and was joined there by Totteridge in 1914.

External links

* [http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/herts_ob.html#elstree_rdc "Coat of arms of Elstree Rural District Council (civicheraldry.co.uk), accessed January 27, 2008]

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