Epping and Ongar Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England from 1955 to 1974.
Creation It was created in 1955 by the merger of the disbanded Ongar Rural District and most of the disbanded Epping Rural District, except the civil parishes of Great Parndon, Harlow, Latton, Little Parndon and Netteswell, which were largely transferred to the newly created Harlow Urban District reflecting its new town status. The Epping and Ongar administration was based in Epping.
List of parishes
Parish Before 1955 († or other) After 1974 († or other) Abbess Beauchamp and Berners Roding Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Blackmore Ongar Rural District Brentwood Bobbingworth Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Chipping Ongar Ongar Rural District † Abolished 1965, absorbed by Ongar Doddinghurst Ongar Rural District Brentwood Epping Upland Epping Rural District Epping Forest Fyfield Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Greensted Ongar Rural District † Abolished 1965, absorbed by Ongar High Laver Ongar Rural District Epping Forest High Ongar Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Kelvedon Hatch Ongar Rural District Brentwood Lambourne Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Little Laver Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Magdalen Laver Epping Rural District Epping Forest Matching Epping Rural District Epping Forest Moreton Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Navestock Ongar Rural District Brentwood Nazeing Epping Rural District Epping Forest North Weald Bassett Epping Rural District Epping Forest Norton Mandeville Ongar Rural District † Abolished 1968, absorbed by High Ongar Ongar † Created 1965 Epping Forest Roydon Epping Rural District Epping Forest Sheering Epping Rural District Epping Forest Shelley Ongar Rural District † Abolished 1965, absorbed by Ongar Stanford Rivers Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Stapleford Abbotts Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Stapleford Tawney Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Stondon Massey Ongar Rural District Brentwood Theydon Bois Epping Rural District Epping Forest Theydon Garnon Epping Rural District Epping Forest Theydon Mount Ongar Rural District Epping Forest Willingale Ongar Rural District Epping Forest
Abolition
At the time of its dissolution it consisted of 29 civil parishes. Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the District of Epping Forest, except for the civil parishes of Blackmore, Doddinghurst, Kelvedon Hatch, Navestock and Stondon Massey, which became part of the Borough of Brentwood.
See also Epping Ongar Railway
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