Origins
The district had its origins in the Kington Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1836, covering the small town of Kington, Herefordshire, Kington and several surrounding parishes. In 1872 sanitary districts were established, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing Board of guardians, boards of guardians of poor law unions. The Kington Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the poor law union except for the town of Kington, which had improvement commissioners and so became its own urban sanitary district. The Kington Rural Sanitary District was administered from Kington Union Workhouse, which had been built in 1837 on Kingswood Road in Kington. Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. Kington Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with the area becoming part of Leominster (district), Leominster District on 1 April 1974.References
{{Reflist Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 Rural districts of England Herefordshire