Long Crendon was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in the administrative county

Administrative counties of England

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 of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, England

England

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 from 1894 to 1934.

It was formed by the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

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 from the parts of both the Bicester and the Thame Rural Sanitary Districts that were in Buckinghamshire. It consisted of the following parishes:

• Boarstall
  Boarstall
  Boarstall is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, about west of Aylesbury. The parish is on the county boundary with Oxfordshire and the village is about southeast of the Oxfordshire market town of Bicester.-History:...
  
  
• Brill
  Brill
  Brill is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the boundary with Oxfordshire. It is about north-west of Long Crendon and south-east of Bicester...
  
  
• Chilton
  Chilton, Buckinghamshire
  Chilton is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the west of the county, about north of Thame in Oxfordshire. Chilton parish includes the hamlet of Easington .-Manor:The toponym "Chilton" is derived from the Old English for "young man's farm"...
  
  
• Dorton
  Dorton
  Dorton is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. It is in the western part of the county, about north of the Oxfordshire market town of Thame.-Manor:...
  
  
• Ickford
  Ickford
  Ickford is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the boundary with Oxfordshire, about west of the market town of Thame....
  
  
• Long Crendon
  Long Crendon
  Long Crendon is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Haddenham and north-west of Thame in neighbouring Oxfordshire.The village has been called Long Crendon only since the English Civil War...
  
  
• Oakley
  Oakley, Buckinghamshire
  Oakley is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England of about 400 households with a population of 1,059 people and an area of...
  
  
• Shabbington
  Shabbington
  Shabbington is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England, about west of Thame , and southwest of Aylesbury. The parish has an area of ....
  
  
• Towersey
  Towersey
  Towersey is a village and civil parish about east of Thame in Oxfordshire. The village was part of Buckinghamshire for most of its history, but the boundary was moved in 1933 when Towersey was swapped for Kingsey.-History:...
  
  
• Worminghall
  Worminghall
  Worminghall is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The village is near the boundary with Oxfordshire and about west of Thame.The village toponym is derived from Old English meaning 'Wyrma's nook of land'...
  
  

Boarstall was the only parish transferring from the Bicester RSD rather than the Thame RSD.

The district was abolished under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

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, mainly becoming part of Aylesbury Rural District

Aylesbury Rural District

Aylesbury was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after but did not include Aylesbury, which was a separate municipal borough...

, with Towersey

Towersey

Towersey is a village and civil parish about east of Thame in Oxfordshire. The village was part of Buckinghamshire for most of its history, but the boundary was moved in 1933 when Towersey was swapped for Kingsey.-History:...

 parish going to Bullingdon Rural District

Bullingdon Rural District

Bullingdon was a rural district in Oxfordshire, England from 1932 to 1974.It was created under a County Review Order, as a merger of Culham Rural District, Thame Rural District, part of Crowmarsh Rural District, part of Headington Rural District, and part of Henley Rural District.In 1974 it was...

 in Oxfordshire (in an exchange that saw Kingsey

Kingsey

Kingsey is a small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Oxfordshire, about two miles east of Thame and a mile south of Haddenham....

, which had been part of Thame RD, made part of Aylesbury RD as well).