Oundle 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 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 under the Local Government Act 1894

Local Government Act 1894

The Local Government Act 1894 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888...

 from the Oundle

Oundle

Oundle is an ancient market town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 5,345 or 5,674 . It lies some north of London and south-west of Peterborough...

 rural sanitary district. It was one of only a few such districts to cross a county border, with parishes in both 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,...

 and Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

.

In 1935 it was abolished, under the Local Government Act 1929

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....

. The Northamptonshire part went to form the 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...

, and from the Huntingdonshire part, the parish of Elton

Elton, Cambridgeshire

Elton is a small village within the historic boundaries of Huntingdonshire , England. It lies on the B671 road. Elton Hall and the hamlet of Over End are located on the same road a mile south of the village....

 became part of Norman Cross Rural District

Norman Cross Rural District

Norman Cross was a rural district in Huntingdonshire from 1894 to 1974.It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the Peterborough rural sanitary district which was in Huntingdonshire...

 whilst the parishes of Great Gidding

Great Gidding

Great Gidding in Huntingdonshire , England is a village and parish near Sawtry north west of Huntingdon. With a C of E primary school, playing field, corner shop, village hall and several local businesses. There is one pub in the village; the Fox and Hounds. Surrounding towns and cities are...

, Little Gidding

Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire

Little Gidding is a parish and small village in Huntingdonshire , England, near Sawtry and north west of Huntingdon.-History:The parish of Little Gidding is small, consisting of only 724 acres...

 and Winwick

Winwick

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 became part of Huntingdon Rural District.