List of Buckinghamshire boundary changes

Boundary changes affecting the English county of Buckinghamshire.

Date Legislation Effect
20 October 1844 Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844[1]
25 March 1883 Local Government Board Order 19622[2]
24 March 1884 Local Government Board Orders 15986, 15987[2]
25 March 1885 Local Government Board Order 16585[2]
25 March 1888 Local Government Board Order 21701[2]
30 September 1895 Local Government Board Provisional Order 1170[2]
25 March 1896 Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No.14) Act[2]
  • The parish of Stokenchurch transferred from Oxfordshire to Buckinghamshire[2]
  • Cadmore End and Studdridge (detached parts of the parish of Lewknor) transferred from Oxfordshire
  • Ibstone (part) transferred from Oxfordshire[5]
1 October 1900 Local Government Board Order 41337
1 April 1907 The Counties of Buckingham and Hertford (Alteration of County Boundaries) Order 1906
1 April 1933 Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Buckingham and Oxford) Act 1933
5 June 1956 Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration
  • Exchanged areas with Oxfordshire along changed watercourse
26 October 1956 Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration
  • Exchanged areas with Oxfordshire along changed watercourse
21 December 1956 Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration
  • Exchanged areas with Bedfordshire along changed watercourse
1 April 1965 The Counties of Bedford and Buckingham (Leighton-Linslade) Order 1965
1 April 1974 Local Government Act 1972
1 April 1991 The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
  • Exchanged outlying areas of Chenies and Ashley Green with Hertfordshire[9]
  • Exchanged unpopulated areas with Northamptonshire[9]
  • Exchanged unpopulated areas with Oxfordshire[9]
1 April 1991 The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991
1 April 1995 The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994
  1. ^ Listed in Schedule M of the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, 2&3 Will.4 c.64
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 29–44. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
  3. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edlesborough parish. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
  4. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Little Gaddesden parish. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
  5. ^ Page, William, ed. (1925). Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire: Volume 3: Ibstone. pp. 62–65.
  6. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bullington RD. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
  7. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leighton Linslade UD. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
  8. ^ Arnold-Baker, C. (1973). Local Government Act 1972. Butterworths.
  9. ^ a b c "The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
  10. ^ "The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
  11. ^ "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994". HMSO. 1994. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.


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