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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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

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 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 part of the Market Harborough

Market Harborough

Market Harborough is a market town within the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.It has a population of 20,785 and is the administrative headquarters of Harborough District Council. It sits on the Northamptonshire-Leicestershire border...

 rural sanitary district which was in Northamptonshire (the rest going on to form Market Harborough Rural District

Market Harborough Rural District

The rural district of Market Harborough existed in Leicestershire, England, from 1894 to 1974. It covered the area around Market Harborough, but not including it. It was greatly extended by the abolition of Hallaton Rural District in 1935...

 in 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...

). It was named after Great Oxendon

Great Oxendon

Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people....

.

The rural district contained 19 civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es:

• Arthingworth
  Arthingworth
  Arthingworth is a civil parish and village in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England.-Location:The nearest towns are Market Harborough about north and Kettering east via the A14 road which connects the town to the M1, M6 and M11 motorways.-Buildings of note:The church of...
  
  
• Ashley
  Ashley, Northamptonshire
  Ashley is a village and civil parish in the Kettering district of Northamptonshire, England, about northeast of Market Harborough, Leicestershire and west of Corby. The village is near the River Welland, which forms the border with Leicestershire...
  
  
• Brampton Ash
  Brampton Ash
  Brampton Ash is a civil parish and village in Northamptonshire, England. It lies in the extreme north-west of Northamptonshire and the nearest urban settlements are the nearby towns of Corby, Kettering, Desborough and Market Harborough. Running past the north of the village is the A427 road.Within...
  
  
• Braybrooke
  Braybrooke
  Braybrooke is a small village in north west Northamptonshire, England. It is situated about halfway between Market Harborough and Desborough. It lies in a valley between two ridges one of which is surmounted by the A6 trunk road...
  
  
• Clipston
  Clipston, Northamptonshire
  Clipston is a village and civil parish that is administered as part of the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. The town of Market Harborough is much nearer and so the village may be regarded as an economic satellite of that town rather than Daventry. At the time of the 2001 census,...
  
  
• Dingley
  Dingley, Northamptonshire
  Dingley is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, located along the A427, about east of the nearest town, Market Harborough. It is also close to the A6 and near the border with Leicestershire...
  
  
• East Farndon
  East Farndon
  East Farndon is a small linear village and civil parish about one mile south of Market Harborough in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The village is close to the border with Leicestershire, and has a Leicestershire post code and telephone dialling code...
  
  
• Great Oxendon
  Great Oxendon
  Great Oxendon is a linear village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 307 people....
  
  
• Hothorpe
• Kelmarsh
  Kelmarsh
  Kelmarsh is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the A508, close to its junction with the A14 about south of Market Harborough and north of Northampton.-Buildings:...
  
  
• Marston Trussell
  Marston Trussell
  Marston Trussell is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England. Marston Trussell was first recorded as 'Mersitone', meaning marsh settlement.The parish includes Thorpe Lubenham...
  
  
• Sibbertoft
  Sibbertoft
  Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 343 people....
  
  
• Stoke Albany
  Stoke Albany
  Stoke Albany is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, part of the borough of Kettering. It is off the A427 road between Market Harborough and Corby, about halfway between the two. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 330 people....
  
  
• Sulby
  Sulby, Northamptonshire
  Sulby is a hamlet and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire in England.Sulby Reservoir lies to the south of the settlement.Rene Payne bought Sulby Hall in 1792.-External links:* parish meeting...
  
  
• Sutton Bassett
  Sutton Bassett
  Sutton Bassett is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, in the Welland valley. It was formerly in the Corby Hundred but has been part of the Stoke Hundred ....
  
  
• Thorpe Lubenham
  Thorpe Lubenham
  Thorpe Lubenham is a deserted settlement and former civil parish in the English midland county of Northamptonshire.Thorpe Lubenham lies to the south of the Leicestershire village of Lubenham and south of the River Welland which forms the county boundary. The area is part of the civil parish of...
  
  
• Welford
  Welford, Northamptonshire
  Welford is a village and civil parish in England. It is located on the River Avon border between the counties of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,016 people....
  
  
• Weston by Welland
  Weston by Welland
  Weston by Welland is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Northamptonshire administered as part of the borough of Kettering. As its name suggests, it is near to the River Welland that, thereabouts, forms the boundary with the county of Leicestershire. The Wheel & Compass...
  
  
• Wilbarston
  Wilbarston
  Wilbarston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire in the Welland valley. It is administered as part of the borough of Kettering and is five miles east of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough, via the A427...
  
  

The district was abolished in 1935 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....

. It was split between Brixworth Rural District

Brixworth Rural District

The Brixworth Rural District was a rural district in Northamptonshire, England from 1894 to 1974,. It was named after and administered from the village of Brixworth.It was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the Brixworth rural sanitary district...

 and 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....

.