Eton | |
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Area | |
• 1911 | 41,005 acres (165.9 km2) |
• 1961 | 35,537 acres (143.8 km2) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 20,038 |
• 1971 | 72,035 |
History | |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | South Bucks |
Status | Rural district |
Coordinates: 51°29′17″N 0°36′33″W / 51.4881°N 0.6092°W
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.
It was created under the Local Government Act 1894 and took over the responsibilities of the disbanded Eton Rural Sanitary District. It included the parishes of
The district was abolished on 1 April 1974. It was partitioned between Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire (Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury parishes) and Beaconsfield district in Buckinghamshire, with a small part of Burnham and Wexham parishes going to Slough.