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Hendon
Jun 10, 2018 7:14:49 GMT
Post by swanarcadian on Jun 10, 2018 7:14:49 GMT
Absorbed in 1934 by Harrow UDC and Wembley UDC.
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Hendon
Jun 25, 2018 21:49:31 GMT
Post by swanarcadian on Jun 25, 2018 21:49:31 GMT
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colinjg
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Hendon
Jun 27, 2018 16:38:59 GMT
Post by colinjg on Jun 27, 2018 16:38:59 GMT
As with the urban districts from the Harrow area, I now give some background for Hendon Rural District Council. Under the Local Government Act of 1894 and Local Government Board Order no. 31,845, in December 1894 Hendon Rural District was formed from those parishes in the former Hendon Rural Sanitary Authority that had not been converted into urban districts: Pinner (3,791 acres), Great Stanmore (1,484 acres), Little Stanmore (1,591 acres), Edgware (2,089 acres) and the new parish of Harrow Weald (2,384 acres).
A minor boundary adjustment (Local Government Board Order no. 44,414) in the Hindes Road area on 24 September 1902 (also involving Harrow-on-the-Hill and Wealdstone UDs) left Pinner parish with 3,782 acres and Harrow Weald with 2,373 acres. A final boundary change to the rural district, brought about by the Hendon UD Council Act 1929, occurred on 1 April 1931 when Edgware parish was transferred to Hendon Urban District.
Hendon Rural District Council assembled for the first time at the Red Hill Workhouse, Edgware, on 8 January 1895, and for the final time on 22 March 1934 at the Council Offices, Uxbridge Road, Harrow Weald. On many documents until July 1901 the Council referred to itself as the Rural District of Hendon Union. This was no doubt because the terms of the Local Government Act 1894 meant that rural district councillors also exercised the office of Guardians. Initially the Council consisted of eight members. Each parish was assigned district councillors as follows: Pinner (three seats), Harrow Weald (one seat), Great Stanmore (two seats), Little Stanmore (one seat) and Edgware (one seat). At the 1904 election the growth of population in some parishes was recognised and the total membership of the Council was increased to 10 by assigning an extra seat each to Pinner and Harrow Weald. In 1914 the representation of Pinner was further increased (to five) which made total Council membership 11.
Due to the size of Pinner, the parish was split for electoral purposes into three wards at the 1925 election. The wards were: Pinner (Village), Pinner (Hatch End) and Pinner (Headstone) and they were allotted two, one and two councillors, respectively. In 1931 Edgware was transferred to Hendon Urban District and membership of the Hendon Rural District Council returned to 10 councillors.Nearly all the election results have been discovered and recorded on my website. However, it is a matter of extreme irritation to me that the result for Edgware in 1919 is eluding me. I know that a Charles Wainwright was elected and that his opponent was Arthur Sears. A footnote from my website takes up the story: "The exact circumstances surrounding this election are unclear. Sears (a grocer of High Street, Edgware and an Edgware Parish Councillor) and Wainwright (the sitting councillor for Edgware) were the only candidates nominated to contest the election. The Hendon and Finchley Times of 28 March 1919 reported that neither candidate had withdrawn their nomination and it must therefore be assumed that both proceeded to the poll. Editions of the newspaper on 28 March and 4 April carried Wainwright’s election address in their classified advertisement columns. However, the Hendon and Finchley Times commented in its edition of 4 April 1919 that “Interest in the election of Rural District Councillors is practically confined to Little Stanmore. At Edgware, Mr. C.H. Wainwright, J.P., has practically a walk-over.” Finally, on 11 April the newspaper reported that “Little Stanmore was the only parish where a contest was held.” No voting figures were reported for Edgware." How can you have "practically a walk-over" ?!
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colinjg
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Post by colinjg on Feb 10, 2021 20:05:20 GMT
Absorbed in 1934 by Harrow UDC and Wembley UDC. Only 1 acre of Hendon RD (from Little Stanmore parish) was transferred to Wembley; all the remainder of the district was incorporated in Harrow UD. Edgware parish, part of Hendon RD, had been annexed by Hendon UD in 1931.
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colinjg
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Post by colinjg on Feb 10, 2021 20:06:02 GMT
In 1931 Hendon RDC published a 40-page illustrated booklet outlining the activities of the council over the previous three years. Here is the front cover: The four drawings, by an unknown artist, are titled (from the top in a clockwise direction) "In the North", "In the East", "In the South", and "In the West". Also depicted below is the title page of the booklet: The Chairman of the Council at this time was Edward Bernard Montesole (1883-1976) of East House, Moss Lane, Pinner; he held the position of Chairman of Hendon RDC from 1930 to 1933. Montesole was rural district councillor for the Pinner Village ward (1927-34) and Middlesex County Councillor for the Pinner electoral division (1933-37). He donated the land known as Montesole Playing Fields for public use and was instrumental in persuading Hendon RDC to purchase Headstone Manor.
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