Braughing Rural District

51.946°N 0.017°W / 51.946; -0.017

Braughing Rural District
Rural district
Council offices: 2 Hockerill Street, Bishop's Stortford
Population
• 1939	11,137
• 1971	12,200[1]
History
• Created	1 April 1935
• Abolished	31 March 1974
• Succeeded by	East Hertfordshire
• HQ	Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford
Contained within
• County Council	Hertfordshire

Braughing was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1935 to 1974.

Creation

Braughing Rural District was created on 1 April 1935 under a County Review Order by the merger of most of the Hadham Rural District and most of the Buntingford Rural District. It was named after Braughing, a village central to the district and which was also the name of a former hundred of Hertfordshire.[2]

Parishes

Braughing Rural District contained the following civil parishes.[1]

Parish	From	To	Notes
Albury	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Anstey	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Ardeley	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Aspenden	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Braughing	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Brent Pelham	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Broadfield	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1955	Parish abolished to become part of Cottered on 1 April 1955.[3]
Buckland	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Buntingford	1 Apr 1937	31 Mar 1974	Parish created 1 April 1937 from former parish of Layston and parts of Aspenden, Throcking, and Wyddial parishes.[4]
Cottered	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Furneux Pelham	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Great Hormead	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1937	Parish merged with Little Hormead to become new parish of Hormead on 1 April 1937.[4]
High Wych	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Hormead	1 Apr 1937	31 Mar 1974	Parish created 1 April 1937 from former parishes of Great Hormead and Little Hormead.[4]
Layston	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1937	Parish abolished to become part of Buntingford on 1 April 1937.[4]
Little Hadham	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Little Hormead	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1937	Parish merged with Great Hormead to become new parish of Hormead on 1 April 1937.[4]
Meesden	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Much Hadham	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Stocking Pelham	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Thorley	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Throcking	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1955	Parish abolished to become part of Cottered on 1 April 1955.[3]
Westmill	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974
Wyddial	1 Apr 1935	31 Mar 1974

Premises

Bridgefoot House, Buntingford

The district council continued to use the offices it inherited from the two predecessor districts: Bridgefoot House in Buntingford from the Buntingford Rural District, and 2 Hockerill Street in Bishop's Stortford from the Hadham Rural District. Meetings were held alternately at each office.[5][6]

Abolition

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

References

1. "Braughing Rural District, A Vision of Britain through Time". GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
2. Ministry of Health Order No. 80108: The County of Hertford Review Order, 1935
3. Ministry of Housing and Local Government Order No. 4856. The County of Hertford (Parish of Cottered) Confirmation Order, 1955
4. Ministry of Health Order No. 88226. The County of Hertford (Buntingford and Hormead Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1937.
5. Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire. London. 1937. p. 101. The Council meet alternately at the District Council offices Hockerill street, Bishop's Stortford and at Bridgefoot house, Buntingford
6. Post Office Telephone Directory Section 202: Cambridge Area. April 1974. p. 51. Braughing Rural District Council… Clerks & Treasurers Depts, 2 Hockerill St, Bishops Stortford… Public Health & Surveyors Depts, Bridgefoot Ho, Buntingford