Saffron Walden Rural District

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Saffron Walden
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1974
  Succeeded by Uttlesford District
Status Rural district
   HQ Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England. It was created in 1894 and later enlarged by the addition of the parishes of Berden, Birchanger, Elsenham, Farnham, Henham-on-the-Hill, Manuden, Stansted Mountfitchet and Ugley from the disbanded Stansted Rural District. It was named after and administered from Saffron Walden.

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the District of Uttlesford. [1]

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 31 civil parishes.

References

  1. "Uttlesford at 50: what's in a name". Uttlesford District Council. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

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