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Template:Distinguish2 51°40′01″N 0°23′49″W / 51.667°N 0.397°W / 51.667; -0.397 Watford Rural District was a rural district in Hertfordshire from 1894 to 1974, consisting of adjoining land to the west, north and east of the separate urban district of Watford.

Consisting initially the parishes of:

The parish of Rickmansworth was abolished in 1898, being split between a new Rickmansworth Urban District and the new parishes of Chorleywood and Rickmansworth Rural which remained in Watford RD. The parish of Bushey Rural was split off in 1906 as a separate urban district named Bushey.^[1]

Under the Local Government Act 1972 the Watford Rural District was abolished in 1974; its territory split, with the parish of Aldenham going to Hertsmere, part of Abbots Langley parish going to Dacorum, and the remainder to Three Rivers District Council.

References and external links

"History of Watford in Hertfordshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

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 '''Watford Rural District''' was a [[rural district]] in [[Hertfordshire]] from 1894 to 1974, consisting of adjoining land to the west, north and east of the separate [[urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of [[Watford]].
-It consisted initially of the parishes of
+Consisting initially the parishes of:
 * [[Abbots Langley]]
 * [[Aldenham]]