Hambledon Rural District

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Hambledon Rural District
Rural district
Population
 • 190121,660
 • 197137,900
History
 • Created28 December 1894
 • Abolished31 March 1974
 • Succeeded byWaverley
StatusRural district
 • HQGuildford
Not to be confused with Hambleden Rural District.

Hambledon Rural District was a local government district that existed in south-west Surrey in England from 1894 until 1974. Its headquarters were in Guildford. In 1974 it was abolished, with the area becoming part of the new borough of Waverley.

History

The district had its origins in the Hambledon Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1836, covering Hambledon itself and several surrounding parishes.[1]

In 1872 sanitary districts were established, 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 parish of Haslemere was removed from the district in 1913 to become its own urban district. In 1933 the district gained the parishes of Busbridge, Dockenfield and Frensham, but ceded the parish of Shalford to Guildford Rural District at the same time.[2]

Council Offices, Bury Field, Guildford, built 1938

The district was initially administered from the workhouse in Hambledon and then from the clerk's office in Shalford. In 1938 the council built itself a purpose-built office on Bury Fields in Guildford, outside the district.[3][4]

The district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972. The area was combined with Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere to become the borough of Waverley on 1 April 1974.[5][6]

References
  1. Higginbotham, Peter. "Hambledon Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. "Hambledon Rural District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. "No. 34624". The London Gazette. 9 May 1939. p. 3121.
  4. Heritage Appraisal, Forum Heritage Services, November 2017, page 6 (accompanies planning application 17/P/O2341), "Buryfields House was constructed as offices for the Hambledon Rural District Council by architects Crossmaker and Armstrong in 1938."
  5. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 31 May 2023
  6. "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 31 May 2023
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