Orsett Rural District

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Orsett
Rural district
Area
 • 191139,939 acres (161.63 km2)
 • 193129,158 acres (118.00 km2)
Area transferred
 • 1912All of Chadwell St Mary to Tilbury Urban District
 • 1929All of Aveley, South Ockendon and West Thurrock to Purfleet Urban District
 • 1934Parts of Corringham, Fobbing and Laindon Hills to Billericay Urban District
 • 1935Part of North Ockendon to Hornchurch Urban District
Population
 • 190119,912
 • 193120,525
Density
 • 19010.51/acre
 • 19310/70/acre
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1936
 • Succeeded by
  • Thurrock Urban District
Status Rural district
GovernmentOrsett Rural District Council
 •  HQ Council Offices, Grays
Subdivisions
 • Type Parishes
 • Units
Today part of Thurrock with parts in Basildon and Havering

Orsett Rural District was a local government district centred on Orsett in the south Essex part of the Thames Estuary in England. It was a rural district from 1894 to 1936, initially made up of seventeen civil parishes and the successor to the Orsett Rural Sanitary District. Parts of the district were split off to form Tilbury in 1912, Purfleet in 1929 and Billericay in 1934. Thurrock Urban District was the main successor district in 1936. Today it corresponds to the Thurrock unitary authority area with parts in Basildon, Essex and Havering, Greater London.

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Background

The parishes which formed the rural district in 1894 had been grouped into the Orsett Poor Law Union since 1835 following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. [1] The area of the poor law union [lower-alpha 1] also became a rural sanitary district in 1875. [2] In 1894 the rural sanitary district became Orsett Rural District as part of the Local Government Act 1894.

Coverage

The district comprised the parishes of: [3]

Replacement

In 1902 the parish council of Chadwell St Mary made a request to be converted into an urban district council. [4] Three schemes were considered at an inquiry in 1912: conversion of Chadwell St Mary parish to an urban district, amalgamation of Chadwell St Mary and Little Thurrock as a new urban district, and expansion of Grays Urban District to include Chadwell St Mary, Little Thurrock, West Thurrock and part of Stifford. [5] Following the inquiry, the Chadwell St Mary parish was removed from the rural district in 1912 to form the Tilbury Urban District. [6]

In 1929 Purfleet Urban District was formed from the parishes of Aveley, South Ockendon and West Thurrock. [7]

In 1934 parts of Corringham, Fobbing and Laindon Hills became part of the new Billericay Urban District. [8]

Part of North Ockendon was transferred to Hornchurch Urban District in 1935. In 1936 the rural district and its constituent parishes were abolished. Its former area became part of the new Thurrock Urban District. [9]

The former rural district now corresponds to the Thurrock unitary authority area with parts in Basildon, Essex and Havering, Greater London.

Notes

  1. ↑ The poor law union included Grays Thurrock, which became an urban sanitary district in 1886.

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References

  1. ↑ "Orsett RegD/PLU through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Orsett RSD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Orsett RD through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Chadwell and Urban Powers". The Newsman. 2 August 1902. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "Riverside Amalagamation". Essex Chronicle. 24 February 1911. p. 5.
  6. ↑ The Essex (Tilbury Urban District) Confirmation Order 1912 (Ministry of Health Order No. 57469)
  7. ↑ The Essex (Purfleet Urban District) Confirmation Order 1929 (Ministry of Health Order No. 72814)
  8. ↑ The Essex Review Order 1934 (Ministry of Health Order No. 77918)
  9. ↑ The Essex Review Order 1935 (Ministry of Health Order No. 83994)

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