Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was the successor (designated under Part II of the Local Government Act 1894Local Government Act 1894, as enacted) to the Eastry Rural Sanitary Authority (designated under Part II of the Public Health Act 1875Public Health Act 1875, as enacted). The Eastry Rural Sanitary Authority, which initially had sanitary, water and public nuisance functions, assumed (within its district) the highway functions of the Wingham Highway Board with effect from 31 May 1880,Minutes of Wingham Highway Board, 20 May 1880, Kent County Archives HB/W2, p.83–86 which then were continued by the Eastry Rural District Council.
Eastry Rural District was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.
It included the following civil parishes:Eastry RD in Vision of Britain https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10001754 (Relationships and changes tab)
Parish From To Notes Acol 1935 1974 gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Ash 1894 1974 Aylesham 1951 1974 created from part of Nonington Barfreston 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Eythorne Betteshanger 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Northbourne Chillenden 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Goodnestone Eastry 1894 1974 Elmstone 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Preston with small part to Wingham Eythorne 1894 1974 Goodnestone 1894 1974 Great Mongeham 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Deal with small part to Sholden Ham 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Northbourne Knowlton 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Goodnestone Little Mongeham 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Sutton Minster 1935 1974 gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Monkton 1935 1974 gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Nonington 1894 1974 Northbourne 1894 1974 Preston 1894 1974 Ripple 1894 1974 St Nicholas at Wade 1935 1974 gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Sarre 1935 1974 gained from Isle of Thanet Rural District Sholden 1894 1974 Staple 1894 1974 Stourmouth 1894 1974 Sutton 1894 1974 Tilmanstone 1894 1974 Waldershare 1894 1935 abolished and used to enlarge Ripple and Tilmanstone Wingham 1894 1974 Woodnesborough 1894 1974 reduced by in 1935 to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich Worth 1894 1974 reduced by in 1935 to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich
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