Ware Rural District

Ware Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the east of the county.

Ware Rural District
Rural district
Population
 • 190110,891
 • 197111,550[1]
History
 • Created28 December 1894
 • Abolished31 March 1974
 • Succeeded byEast Hertfordshire
 • HQWare
Contained within
 • County CouncilHertfordshire

Evolution

The district had its origins in the Ware Rural Sanitary District. This had been created under the Public Health Act 1872, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions. The Ware Rural Sanitary District covered the area of the Ware Poor Law Union excluding the town of Ware.[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. Prior to the act coming into force, Hertfordshire County Council made an order directing that the town of Hoddesdon, which was in the Ware Rural Sanitary District, should become an urban district in its own right rather than be included in the Ware Rural District.[3] The link with the poor law union continued, with all the elected councillors of the rural district council being ex officio members of the Ware Board of Guardians.

Parishes

Ware Rural District contained the following civil parishes.

ParishFromToNotes
Broxbourne28 Dec 189431 Mar 1935Abolished 1935, split between Hoddesdon Urban District and Brickendon Liberty parish.
Eastwick28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Gilston28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Great Amwell28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Great Munden28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Hoddesdon Rural28 Dec 189431 Mar 1935Created 1894 from that part of Hoddesdon parish not within the urban district. Abolished 1935, split between Hoddesdon Urban District and Brickendon Liberty parish.
Hunsdon28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Little Munden28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Standon28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Stanstead Abbots28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Stanstead St Margarets28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Thundridge28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Ware Rural28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974Created 1894 from that part of Ware parish not within the urban district.
Widford28 Dec 189431 Mar 1974
Wormley28 Dec 189431 Mar 1935Abolished 1935, split between Hoddesdon Urban District, Cheshunt Urban District, and Brickendon Liberty parish.

Abolition

Ware Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the new district of East Hertfordshire on 1 April 1974.

References
  1. "Ware RD, A Vision of Britain through Time". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. Higginbotham, Peter. "Ware Poor Law Union". The Workhouse. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1894–1895. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1895. p. 255. Retrieved 19 September 2021. The County of Hertford (Hoddesdon, &c.) Confirmation Order, 1894
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