Braughing was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1935 to 1974.
Creation Braughing Rural District was created on 1 April 1935 under a County Review Order by the merger of most of the Hadham Rural District and most of the Buntingford Rural District. It was named after Braughing, a village central to the district and which was also the name of a former hundred of Hertfordshire.Ministry of Health Order No. 80108: The County of Hertford Review Order, 1935
Parishes Braughing Rural District contained the following civil parishes.
Parish From To Notes Albury 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Anstey 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Ardeley 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Aspenden 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Braughing 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Brent Pelham 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Broadfield 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1955 Parish abolished to become part of Cottered on 1 April 1955.Ministry of Housing and Local Government Order No. 4856. The County of Hertford (Parish of Cottered) Confirmation Order, 1955 Buckland 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Buntingford 1 Apr 1937 31 Mar 1974 Parish created 1 April 1937 from former parish of Layston and parts of Aspenden, Throcking, and Wyddial parishes.Ministry of Health Order No. 88226. The County of Hertford (Buntingford and Hormead Parishes) Confirmation Order, 1937. Cottered 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Furneux Pelham 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Great Hormead 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1937 Parish merged with Little Hormead to become new parish of Hormead on 1 April 1937. High Wych 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Hormead 1 Apr 1937 31 Mar 1974 Parish created 1 April 1937 from former parishes of Great Hormead and Little Hormead. Layston 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1937 Parish abolished to become part of Buntingford on 1 April 1937. Little Hadham 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Little Hormead 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1937 Parish merged with Great Hormead to become new parish of Hormead on 1 April 1937. Meesden 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Much Hadham 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Stocking Pelham 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Thorley 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Throcking 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1955 Parish abolished to become part of Cottered on 1 April 1955. Westmill 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974 Wyddial 1 Apr 1935 31 Mar 1974
Premises
The district council continued to use the offices it inherited from the two predecessor districts: Bridgefoot House in Buntingford from the Buntingford Rural District, and 2 Hockerill Street in Bishop's Stortford from the Hadham Rural District. Meetings were held alternately at each office.
Abolition Braughing Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of East Hertfordshire on 1 April 1974.
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