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Wycombe Rural District

Wycombe
Area
 • 1911 71,716 acres (112.056 sq mi; 290.22 km2)
 • 1931 64,357 acres (100.558 sq mi; 260.44 km2)
 • 1961 71,232 acres (111.300 sq mi; 288.27 km2)
Population
 • 1901 22,910
 • 1931 27,694
 • 1971 71,331
History
 • Origin Rural sanitary district
 • Created 1894
 • Abolished 1974
 • Succeeded by Wycombe district
Status Rural district
Government Wycombe Rural District Council
 • HQ Bellfield House, High Wycombe
Insignia of the Wycombe Rural District Council

Wycombe was, from 1894 to 1974, a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England.

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as successor to the disbanded Wycombe Rural Sanitary District. The district was named after, and based in, High Wycombe. The rural district did not include the town, however, which was a separate municipal borough (known as Chepping Wycombe until 1946).

The district consisted of a number of rural parishes surrounding High Wycombe. In 1934 it was enlarged, when a county review order added the area of the abolished Hambleden Rural District.

Coordinates: 51°39′N 0°47′W / 51.65°N 0.78°W / 51.65; -0.78


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