Oakham Urban District

{{infobox historic subdivision|

|Name= Oakham

|HQ= Oakham

|Status= Urban District

|Start= 1911

|End= 1974

|Replace= Rutland

|Map= 280px
Oakham Urban District shown within Rutland in 1970.

|PopulationFirst= 3,667

|PopulationFirstYear= 1911

|PopulationLast= 4,089

|PopulationLastYear= 1961

|Government= Oakham Urban District Council

}}

Oakham was an Urban District in Rutland, England from 1911 to 1974. It was created under the Local Government Act 1894.

Oakham Rural District had included the parish of Oakham until 1911, when it was constituted as Oakham Urban District.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002746&c_id=10001043 |title=Oakham RD |accessdate=2008-06-27 |work=Vision of Britain |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001023231/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10002746&c_id=10001043 |archivedate=1 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}[]

The urban district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with the other local government districts of Rutland to form the new Rutland district of Leicestershire. Rutland subsequently regained county status and became a unitary authority in 1997.

Premises

File:Rutland County Museum.jpg

Oakham Urban District Council initially met at Victoria Hall on the High Street, with its administrative offices split between various other buildings.{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire and Rutland |date=1916 |page=678 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/131207/rec/9 |access-date=19 August 2024}} In 1938 the council bought part of the former Rutland Fencible Cavalry riding school (built 1794/5) on Catmos Street and converted it into its offices and meeting place.{{cite news |title=Considerable Swing |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=Grantham Journal |date=6 August 1938 |page=14}}{{cite news |title=Oakham U.D.C.'s New Offices |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=Grantham Journal |date=11 March 1939 |page=6}} After the council's abolition in 1974 its former headquarters were absorbed into the neighbouring Rutland County Museum, which had been established in the other part of the old riding school in 1967.{{cite web |title=1:2,500 map Sheet SK8608-SK8708, 1970 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/188925882 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=18 August 2024}}

References

[http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10106620 Oakham UD]

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Category:Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894

Category:Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972

Category:History of Rutland

Category:Urban districts of England