Braughing Rural District
| Braughing Rural District | |
|---|---|
| Rural district | |
 Council offices: 2 Hockerill Street, Bishop's Stortford | |
| Population | |
| • 1939 | 11,137 |
| • 1971 | 12,200 |
| 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.
Parishes
Braughing Rural District contained the following civil parishes.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Layston | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1937 | Parish abolished to become part of Buntingford on 1 April 1937. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Westmill | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
| Wyddial | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 |
Premises
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.
Abolition
Braughing Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of East Hertfordshire on 1 April 1974.