Ongar Rural District
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Ongar Rural District was a local government district in Essex
, England
from 1894 to 1955.. It included the small town of Chipping Ongar
and the parishes surrounding it.
It was abolished in 1955 and combined with part of Epping Rural District
to create Epping and Ongar Rural District
.
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
from 1894 to 1955.. It included the small town of Chipping Ongar
Chipping Ongar
Chipping Ongar is a small market town, and a civil parish called Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of the county of Essex, England. It is located East of Epping, South-East of Harlow and North-West of Brentwood.-Geography:...
and the parishes surrounding it.
It was abolished in 1955 and combined with part of Epping Rural District
Epping Rural District
Epping was, from 1894 to 1955, a rural district in the administrative county of Essex, England.-Formation and boundary changes:The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the Epping Rural Sanitary District...
to create Epping and Ongar Rural District
Epping and Ongar Rural District
Epping and Ongar Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England. 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...
.