Gretton was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, 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 1935. It was formed from the Northamptonshire part of the Uppingham

Uppingham

Disambiguation: "Uppingham" is the colloquial name for Uppingham SchoolUppingham is a market town in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, located on the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, about 6 miles south of the county town, Oakham.- History :A little over a mile to the...

 rural sanitary district (the Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

 parts of which formed Uppingham Rural District

Uppingham Rural District

Uppingham was a rural district in Rutland, England from 1894 to 1974, covering the south-west of the county.The rural district was formed by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Uppingham rural sanitary district in Rutland...

 and the Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

 parts of which formed Hallaton Rural District

Hallaton Rural District

The rural district of Hallaton existed in Leicestershire, England from 1894 to 1935. It included the following civil parishes, which were the parts of the Uppingham Rural Sanitary District in Leicestershire.*Blaston*Bringhurst*Drayton*Great Easton...

).

It consisted of the following parishes

• Fineshade
• Gretton
  Gretton, Northamptonshire
  Gretton is a village in the English midlands county of Northamptonshire. It is in Rockingham Forest and overlooks the valley of the River Welland and the neighbouring county of Rutland. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,240 people.It is near the town of Corby and the...
  
  
• Harringworth
  Harringworth
  Harringworth is a village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire extremely close to the Northants-Rutland border. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 247 people....
  
  
• Laxton
  Laxton, Northamptonshire
  Laxton is a village in East Northamptonshire, seven miles east of Corby and approximately one mile west of the A43. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 160 people.-History:...
  
  
• Rockingham
  Rockingham, Northamptonshire
  Rockingham is a village and civil parish in the Corby district of Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of Corby, close by the border with Leicestershire and Rutland, near to Great Easton and Caldecott...
  
  
• Wakerley
  Wakerley
  Wakerley is a linear village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire.Forming part of the district of East Northamptonshire, Wakerley is close to, and south of, the River Welland that forms the boundary with Rutland; its nearest neighbour, Barrowden, is in that county and...
  
  

It was abolished under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

 and split, with Gretton and Rockingham going to Kettering Rural District

Kettering Rural District

Kettering was a rural district in Northamptonshire in England from 1894 to 1974.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 based on Kettering rural sanitary district. It was named after but did not include Kettering itself....

 and the other four parishes going to the new Oundle and Thrapston Rural District

Oundle and Thrapston Rural District

Oundle and Thrapston was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1935 to 1974.It was formed in 1935 under the County Review Order as a merger of the Easton on the Hill Rural District, the Gretton Rural District, and the parts of the Oundle Rural District and the Thrapston Rural District...

.