- Hadham Rural District
Hadham was a
rural district inHertfordshire ,England from 1894 to 1935.It was created in 1894 from that part of the
Bishop's Stortford rural sanitary district that was in Hertfordshire (theEssex part forming theStansted Rural District ). It consisted of the following parishes*Albury
*Braughing
*Brent Pelham
*Furneux Pelham
*Little Hadham
*Much Hadham
*Sawbridgeworth
*Stocking Pelham
*ThorleyThe district appears to have known originally as the Bishop's Stortford RD but the new name of Hadham was adopted by 1895. A parish of
High Wych was added in 1901, created from part of Sawbridgeworth.The district was abolished in 1935 under a County Review Order. The bulk of the district became part of the new
Braughing Rural District (along with most of theBuntingford Rural District ), with parts going to Bishop's Stortfordurban district and to theWare Rural District .Since 1974 the area has formed part of the
East Hertfordshire local government district.References
*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025692&c_id=10001043
*http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10186316
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