Middleton Cheney Rural District
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Middleton Cheney was a
rural district A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. I ...
in
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,
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from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the
Local Government Act 1894 The Local Government Act 1894 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The act followed the reforms carried out at county leve ...
from that part of the
Banbury Banbury is an historic market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. The parish had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census. Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding ...
rural sanitary district Sanitary districts were established in England and Wales in 1872 and in Ireland in 1878. The districts were of two types, based on existing structures: *Urban sanitary districts in towns with existing local government bodies *Rural sanitary dis ...
which was in Northamptonshire (the main part in
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becoming the Banbury Rural District). It was named after the village of
Middleton Cheney Middleton Cheney is a large village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The village is about east of Banbury in Oxfordshire and about west-northwest of Brackley. The A422 road between Banbury and Bra ...
. The district was abolished in 1935 under a County Review Order, and its area added to the existing Brackley Rural District.


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History of Banbury Banbury is a circa 1,500-year-old market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell (district), Cherwell District of Oxfordshire, England. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, so ...


References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070930232013/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10206248 {{coord, 52.1, -1.25, dim:15000_region:GB, display=title History of Northamptonshire Local government in Northamptonshire Banbury Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 1935 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Rural districts of England