Abingdon Rural District

Abingdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on that part of the Abingdon rural sanitary district which was in Berkshire (the Oxfordshire part forming Culham Rural District). It nearly entirely surrounded, but did not include, the municipal borough of Abingdon, and in the north was close to Oxford.

It was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with other districts to form the new Vale of White Horse, which was in the new non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire.

Civil parishes

The district contained the following civil parishes during its existence:^[1]

Abingdon St. Helen Without
Appleford
Appleton-with-Eaton
Bagley Wood (until 1900: absorbed by Radley CP)
Besselsleigh
Chandlings Farm (until 1900: absorbed by Radley CP)
Cumnor
Draycot Moor (until 1971: became part of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor CP)
Drayton
Frilford
Fyfield (until 1952: merged with Tubney CP)
Fyfield and Tubney (from 1952: merger of Fyfield, Tubney CPs)
Garford
Kennington (from 1936: formed from parts of South Hinksey and Radley)
Kingston Bagpuize (until 1971: formed part of Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor CP)
Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (from 1971: merger of Kingston Bagpuize, Draycot Moor CPs)
Lyford
Marcham
Milton
North Hinksey
Radley
Seacourt (until 1900: absorbed by Wytham CP)
South Hinksey
Steventon
Sunningwell
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Wick (until 1934: abolished with areas going to Abingdon MB, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay CPs)
Tubney (until 1952: merged with Fyfield CP)
Wootton
Wytham

References

↑ Frederic A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume I: Southern England, London, 1979

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10135140

The District of the Vale of White Horse

Oxfordshire County Council elections District Council elections Wantage County Constituency Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency

Towns	Abingdon Caldecott Faringdon Wantage Belmont

Large villages	Blewbury Cumnor Chilswell Cumnor Hill Dean Court Farmoor Swinford Drayton East Challow East Hendred Grove Harwell Kennington Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor Kingston Bagpuize Southmoor Marcham Cothill Milton North Hinksey Botley Harcourt Hill Radley St. Helen Without Dry Sandford Shippon Shrivenham Stanford in the Vale Bow Steventon Sunningwell Bayworth Boars Hill Foxcombe Hill Sutton Courtenay Watchfield Wootton Boars Hill Henwood Lamborough Hill

Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Appleford-on-Thames Appleton-with-Eaton Appleton Eaton Ardington and Lockinge Ardington Wick East Lockinge West Ginge West Lockinge Ashbury Idstone Kingstone Winslow Baulking Besselsleigh Bourton Buckland Gainfield Buscot Charney Bassett Childrey Chilton Coleshill Compton Beauchamp Knighton Denchworth East Hanney Eaton Hastings Fernham Frilford Fyfield and Tubney Fyfield Tubney Netherton Garford Goosey Great Coxwell Hatford Little Hatford Hinton Waldrist Duxford Kingston Lisle Letcombe Bassett Letcombe Regis Little Coxwell Littleworth Longcot Longworth Lyford Pusey Shellingford South Hinksey Hinksey Hill Sparsholt Uffington Upton West Challow West Hanney West Hendred East Ginge Woolstone Wytham Seacourt

Former districts and boroughs	Municipal Borough of Abingdon Abingdon Rural District Faringdon Rural District Wantage Urban District Wantage Rural District

Former constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency Abingdon Borough Constituency Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency Abingdon County Constituency

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire List of places in Oxfordshire List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°41′N 1°20′W / 51.68°N 1.34°W / 51.68; -1.34

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