Amersham Rural District
Amersham Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the south-east of the county.
Origins
The district had its origins in the Amersham Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835, covering Amersham itself and several surrounding parishes. 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. The Amersham Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the poor law union except for the town of Beaconsfield, which had an urban authority and so became its own urban sanitary district. Chesham was subsequently made its own urban sanitary district in 1884, removing it from the Amersham Rural Sanitary District. The Amersham Rural Sanitary District was administered from Amersham Union Workhouse, which had been built in 1838 on Whielden Road in Amersham.Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. The Amersham Rural District Council held its first meeting on 3 January 1895 at the workhouse. George Weller of Amersham was appointed the first chairman of the council.
Civil parishes
The parishes were originally:- Amersham
- Ashley Green
- Chalfont St Giles
- Chalfont St Peter
- Chartridge
- Chenies
- Chesham Bois
- Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards
- Coleshill
- Great Missenden
- Latimer
- Little Missenden
- Penn
- Seer Green
- The Lee