List of Buckinghamshire boundary changes

Boundary changes affecting the English county of Buckinghamshire.

Date | Legislation | Effect

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20 October 1844 | Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844[1] |

* Caversfield†, (part of) Stratton Audley[a] and Studley[b] transferred to Oxfordshire
* Luffield Abbey (part) transferred to Northamptonshire[c]
* Ackhampstead†[d], Lillingstone Lovell and Boycott‡[e] transferred from Oxfordshire
* Coleshill§[f] (part) from Hertfordshire

25 March 1883  | Local Government Board Order 19622[2] |

* Parts of Drayton Beauchamp and Marsworth transferred to Tring, Hertfordshire[2]

24 March 1884  | Local Government Board Orders 15986, 15987[2] |

* Part of Biddlesden transferred to Syresham, Northamptonshire[2]

25 March 1885  | Local Government Board Order 16585[2] |

* The Hudnall area of the parish of Edlesborough transferred to the parish of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire[2][3]

25 March 1888  | Local Government Board Order 21701[2] |

* Part of Marsworth transferred to Puttenham, Hertfordshire.[2]

30 September 1895  | Local Government Board Provisional Order 1170[2] |

* The parish of Nettleden (including an area transferred from Ivinghoe[g]) transferred to Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.[2][4]

25 March 1896  | Local Government Board Provisional Order Confirmation (No.14) Act[2] |

* The parish of Stokenchurch transferred from Oxfordshire to Buckinghamshire[2]
* Cadmore End and Studdridge (detached parts of the parish of Lewknor) transferred from Oxfordshire
* Ibstone (part) transferred from Oxfordshire[5]

1 October 1900  | Local Government Board Order 41337  |

* Parts of the Buckinghamshire parish of Ashley Green exchanged with parts of parishes of Bovingdon and Northchurch, Hertfordshire.[2]

1 April 1907 | The Counties of Buckingham and Hertford (Alteration of County Boundaries) Order 1906  |

* Part of Bovingdon, Hertfordshire transferred to Latimer, Buckinghamshire[2]
* Parts of the parish of Chalfont St Peter transferred to Chorleywood, part exchanged with area in parish of Rickmansworth Rural, both in Hertfordshire[2]
* Part of Chenies transferred to Chorleywood, Hertfordshire
* Denham exchanged areas with Rickmansworth rural, Hertfordshire[2]
* Parts of Hawridge transferred to Northchurch, Wigginton, Hertfordshire[2]
* Latimer exchanged areas with Flaunden, Hertfordshire[2]
* Part of Little Gaddesden transferred from Hertfordshire to Edlesborough[2][4]
* Part of Rickmansworth Rural, Hertfordshire transferred to Gerrards Cross[2]

1 April 1933 | Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Buckingham and Oxford) Act 1933  |

* Towersey transferred to Oxfordshire[6]
* Kingsey transferred from Oxfordshire[6]

5 June 1956 | Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration  |

* Exchanged areas with Oxfordshire along changed watercourse

26 October 1956 | Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration  |

* Exchanged areas with Oxfordshire along changed watercourse

21 December 1956 | Ministry of Health and Local Government Declaration  |

* Exchanged areas with Bedfordshire along changed watercourse

1 April 1965 | The Counties of Bedford and Buckingham (Leighton-Linslade) Order 1965  |

* Linslade[h] transferred to Bedfordshire[7]

1 April 1974 | Local Government Act 1972 |

* Slough and environs transferred to Berkshire[8] See list of places transferred below.

1 April 1991 | The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991  |

* Exchanged outlying areas of Chenies and Ashley Green with Hertfordshire[9]
* Exchanged unpopulated areas with Northamptonshire[9]
* Exchanged unpopulated areas with Oxfordshire[9]

1 April 1991 | The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991  |

* Exchanged outlying areas of Astwood, North Crawley and Wavendon with Bedfordshire[10]

1 April 1995 | The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994  |

* Colnbrook transferred to Berkshire[11]

## List of places transferred from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire in 1974[edit]

* Britwell[i]
* Burnham (part)[i]
* Chalvey
* Cippenham
* Datchet
* Ditton
* Ditton Park
* Eton
* Eton Wick
* Horton
* Huntercombe
* Langley
* Salt Hill
* Slough
* Upton
* Wexham (part)[j]
* Wraysbury

## See also[edit]

See also: List of boundary changes in South East England

## Notes[edit]

† These areas were entirely detached from the remainder of Buckinghamshire.
‡ Detached part of Oxfordshire surrounded by Buckinghamshire
§ Detached part of Hertfordshire surrounded by Buckinghamshire

1. ^ The parish of Stratton Audley was partly in Buckinghamshire and partly in Oxfordshire until 1844.[2]
2. ^ The hamlet of Studley formed part of the parish of Beckley, the remainder of which was in Oxfordshire.[2]
3. ^ The extra-parochial place of Luffield Abbey was partly in Buckinghamshire and partly in Northamptonshire. In 1844 the part in the latter county was transferred to the Northamptonshire parish of Silverstone so that Luffield Abbey was entirely within Buckinghamshire thereafter.[2]
4. ^ The chapelry of Ackhampstead was a detached part of Oxfordshire within the Parish of Lewknor.[2]
5. ^ The township of Boycott was part of the parish of Stowe, otherwise in Buckinghamshire.[2]
6. ^ Part the hamlet of Coleshill was a detached part of Hertfordshire. The hamlet was part of the parish of Amersham, otherwise in Buckinghamshire.
7. ^ The remainder of Ivinghoe remained in Buckinghamshire.
8. ^ Linslade Urban District was merged with Leighton Buzzard Urban District in Bedfordshire, to form Leighton-Linslade Urban District in the latter county.
9. ^ a b The Britwell ward of Burnham parish was transferred to Berkshire to become the new parish of Britwell.[12]
10. ^ The part of the parish of Wexham transferred to Berkshire was formed into a new parish of Wexham Court.[12]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Listed in Schedule M of the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, 2&3 Will.4 c.64
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Youngs, Frederic A Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. pp. 29–44. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
3. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Edlesborough parish. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
4. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Little Gaddesden parish. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
5. ^ Page, William, ed. (1925). Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire: Volume 3: Ibstone. pp. 62–65.
6. ^ a b Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bullington RD. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
7. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leighton Linslade UD. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}.
8. ^ Arnold-Baker, C. (1973). Local Government Act 1972. Butterworths.
9. ^ a b c "The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
10. ^ "The Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991". HMSO. 1991.
11. ^ "The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1994". HMSO. 1994. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009.
12. ^ a b Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 170\. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.

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