Strood Rural District was a rural district in the

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, England. It was subject to boundary reforms in 1934 and 1935. It consisted of the following

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

es:http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10074137&c_id=10001043 * Allhallows (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) *

Chalk Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under the sea by the compression of microscopic plankton that had settled to the sea floor. Cha ...

(1894—1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend) * Cliffe *

Cobham Cobham may refer to: Geography Towns or districts * Cobham, Kent, England * Cobham, Surrey, England * Cobham, South Australia, a former town in Australia * Cobham, Albemarle County, Virginia, United States * Cobham, Surry County, Virginia, U ...

Cooling Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change. Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling.ASHRAE Terminology, https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/free-resources/a ...

(1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) *

Cuxton Cuxton is a village in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It lies on the left bank of the River Medway in the North Downs. It is served by the A228, and Cuxton railway station on the Medway Valley Line between Strood and ...

*Denton (1894—1935; abolished and transferred to the Municipal Borough of Gravesend) * Frindsbury Extra (part transferred to the City of Rochester in 1934) * Halling * Higham *

High Halstow High Halstow is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula in the unitary authority of Medway in South East England. It was, until 1998, administratively part of Kent and is still ceremonially associated via the Lieutenancies Act. The pari ...

(1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Hoo St Werburgh (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Ifield (1894—1935; abolished and split between Cobham and the Municipal Borough of Gravesend) *

Isle of Grain Isle of Grain (Old English ''Greon'', meaning gravel) is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east England. No longer an island and now forming part of the peninsula, the area ...

(1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Luddesdown *

Meopham Meopham is a large linear village and civil parish in the Borough of Gravesham in Kent, England, lying to the south of Gravesend. The parish covers , and comprises two villages and two smaller settlements; it has a population of 6,427 increas ...

* Nurstead * Shorne *

St Mary Hoo St Mary Hoo is a village and civil parish in Kent, England. It is on the Hoo Peninsula in the borough of Medway. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 244, falling to 238 at the 2011 Census. The first appearance of the name is in ...

(1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Stoke (1935—1974; gained from Hoo Rural District) * Strood Extra (1894—1934; abolished and split between Cuxton and the City of Rochester) On 1 April 1974 the district was abolished and split between the new districts of

Medway Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to for ...

and

Gravesham Gravesham ( ) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. Its administrative centre and largest town is Gravesend, which was known as ''Gravesham'' in ancient times. Gravesham was formed on 1 April 1974 by ...

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{{Coord, 51.4038, 0.5048, display=title, region:GB, format=dms Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Kent Politics of Medway Local government in Kent Rural districts of England