Hambleden Rural District

Not to be confused with Hambledon Rural District.

Coordinates: 51°34′19″N 0°52′04″W / 51.571879°N 0.867897°W / 51.571879; -0.867897

Hambleden
Area
• 1911	11,253 acres (45.5 km²)
• 1931	11,253 acres (45.5 km²)
Population
• 1901	2,139
• 1931	1,956
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1934
• Succeeded by	Wycombe Rural District
Status	Rural district

Hambleden was a rural district in Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1934.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Buckinghamshire part of the Henley Rural Sanitary District, the Oxfordshire part forming the Henley Rural District. It comprised the three civil parishes of:

It was abolished by a County Review Order in 1934, the parishes being added to the Wycombe Rural District.

References

A Vision of Britain - History of Hambleden

History of local government districts in Buckinghamshire

Ancient boroughs	Amersham Aylesbury Brill Buckingham Chepping Wycombe Fenny Stratford Great Marlow Newport Pagnell Olney Wendover

Incorporated boroughs	Aylesbury Buckingham Slough Chepping Wycombe High Wycombe

Urban districts	Aylesbury Beaconsfield Bletchley Chesham Eton Fenny Stratford Linslade Marlow Newport Pagnell Slough Stratford and Wolverton Wolverton

Rural districts	Amersham Buckingham Eton Hambleden Long Crendon Newport Pagnell Stratford and Wolverton Wing Wycombe

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

Boundary changes affecting Buckinghamshire

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