Hemel Hempstead Rural District

51°45′14″N 0°28′30″W / 51.754°N 0.475°W / 51.754; -0.475

Hemel Hempstead Rural District
Rural district

Council Offices: The Bury, Queensway, Hemel Hempstead
Population
 • 19016,012
 • 197114,920[1]
History
 • Created28 December 1894
 • Abolished31 March 1974
 • Succeeded byDacorum
 • HQHemel Hempstead
Contained within
 • County CouncilHertfordshire

Hemel Hempstead Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1894 to 1974.

Evolution

The district had its origins in the Hemel Hempstead Rural Sanitary District. This had been created in 1872, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions. Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. The district originally included the town of Hemel Hempstead, but when the town was made a municipal borough in 1898 it was removed from the rural district.[2][3]

Parishes

The district contained the following civil parishes:[1]

Parish From To Notes
Bovingdon 28 Dec 1894 31 Mar 1974
Chipperfield 1 Apr 1958 31 Mar 1974 Created from part of Kings Langley.[4]
Flamstead 28 Dec 1894 31 Mar 1974
Flaunden 28 Dec 1894 31 Mar 1974
Great Gaddesden 28 Dec 1894 31 Mar 1974
Hemel Hempstead 28 Dec 1894 7 Jun 1898 Removed from rural district on becoming a municipal borough.
Kings Langley 28 Dec 1894 31 Mar 1974
Markyate 30 Sep 1897 31 Mar 1974 Parish created on abolition of Markyate Rural District

After Hemel Hempstead itself became a borough, the Hemel Hempstead Rural District district constituted two detached parts, north and south of Hemel Hempstead. Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Flaunden and Kings Langley were in the southern part, with Flamstead, Great Gaddesden and Markyate in the northern part.

Premises

In its early years, the council met at the Union Workhouse on Redbourn Road in Hemel Hempstead.[5] By 1912 the council had moved to offices on the south-west side of the junction of Bury Road, The Broadway, and Marlowes. (Bury Road and The Broadway have since been renamed to both become part of Queensway.) This building was called 1 The Broadway until the 1930s, when it was renamed 2 Marlowes.[6][7]

In 1954 the council acquired The Bury, a large eighteenth century house on the north side of Bury Road and converted it to become their offices.[8] The council's former offices at 2 Marlowes were demolished shortly afterwards to make way for the Hemel Hempstead College of Further Education (later Dacorum College, now part of West Herts College), which opened in 1962.[9] The council remained based at The Bury until its abolition in 1974.[10]

Abolition

Hemel Hempstead Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the district of Dacorum on 1 April 1974.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hemel Hempstead Rural District, A Vision of Britain through Time". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  2. ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Hemel Hempstead Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ "House of Lords, 13 June 1898". Hansard 1803-2005. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Chipperfield Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 25 December 2021. Ministry of Housing and Local Government Order No. 7179. The County of Hertford (Parishes of Kings Langley and Chipperfield) Confirmation Order, 1958
  5. ^ Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire. London. 1908. p. 112. Retrieved 24 December 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Hemel Hempstead Rural District". The London Gazette (28670): 9409. 10 December 1912. Retrieved 25 December 2021. 1, The Broadway, Hemel Hempstead
  7. ^ "Rural District of Hemel Hempstead". The London Gazette (34588): 225. 10 January 1939. Retrieved 25 December 2021. 2, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead
  8. ^ "Hemel Hempstead Rural District Council: Alterations and additions to new office accommodation at "The Bury", Bury Road, Hemel Hempstead". Luton News. 25 March 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Colleges of Further Education (Major building projects)". Hansard 1803-2005. 8 June 1962. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Imposition of 30 m.p.h. Speed Limit—C. 65, Pickford Road, Markyate". The London Gazette (46204): 1775. 8 February 1974. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN 0-10-547072-4.