| Eastry Rural District | |
|---|---|
| Area | |
| • 1911 | 43,682 acres (176.77 km2) |
| • 1931 | 43,683 acres (176.78 km2) |
| • 1961 | 54,283 acres (219.68 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1911 | 13,161 |
| • 1931 | 18,448 |
| • 1961 | 22,328 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| Government | Eastry Rural District Council |
| • HQ | Council Offices, 51 Strand Street, Sandwich |
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 1894[1]) to the Eastry Rural Sanitary Authority (designated under Part II of the Public Health Act 1875[2]). 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,[3] 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:[4]
| 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 376 acres (1.52 km2) in 1935 to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich |
| Worth | 1894 | 1974 | reduced by 255 acres (1.03 km2) in 1935 to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich |