Eton Urban District was from 1894 to 1974 a local government district in the administrative county

Administrative counties of England

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 of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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, England

England

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. In 1894 the urban district

Urban district

In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....

 took over the responsibilities of the disbanded Eton Local Board District.

Between 1900 and 1934 the Eton civil parish

Civil parish

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 incorporated parts of the neighbouring parishes of Eton Wick

Eton Wick

Eton Wick is a village in the English county of Berkshire on the western outskirts of London, immediately north of the River Thames. It is located very close to both the historic towns of Windsor and Eton, as well as Slough and Dorney Lake, the planned rowing venue for the 2012 Olympics...

, Boveney

Boveney

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, and Upton cum Chalvey as the town and population of Eton expanded rapidly.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

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 Eton UD was disbanded and together with parts of Eton Rural District

Eton Rural District

Eton was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was named after but did not contain Eton, which was an urban district....

 was transferred to Berkshire

Berkshire

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 and combined with adjacent urban districts to form Windsor and Maidenhead District.