title: Braughing Rural District
text: # Braughing Rural District
  
  51°56′46″N 0°01′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.946°N 0.017°W﻿ / 51.946; -0.017
  
  Braughing was a rural district in Hertfordshire, England from 1935 to 1974.
  
  ## Creation
  
  Braughing Rural District was created on 1 April 1935 under a County Review Order by the merger of most of the Hadham Rural District and most of the Buntingford Rural District. It was named after Braughing, a village central to the district and which was also the name of a former hundred of Hertfordshire.
  
  ## Parishes
  
  Braughing Rural District contained the following civil parishes.
  
  | Parish | From | To | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Albury | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Anstey | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Ardeley | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Aspenden | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Braughing | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Brent Pelham | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Broadfield | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1955 | Parish abolished to become part of Cottered on 1 April 1955. |
  | Buckland | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Buntingford | 1 Apr 1937 | 31 Mar 1974 | Parish created 1 April 1937 from former parish of Layston and parts of Aspenden, Throcking, and Wyddial parishes. |
  | Cottered | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Furneux Pelham | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Great Hormead | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1937 | Parish merged with Little Hormead to become new parish of Hormead on 1 April 1937. |
  | High Wych | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Hormead | 1 Apr 1937 | 31 Mar 1974 | Parish created 1 April 1937 from former parishes of Great Hormead and Little Hormead. |
  | Layston | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1937 | Parish abolished to become part of Buntingford on 1 April 1937. |
  | Little Hadham | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Little Hormead | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1937 | Parish merged with Great Hormead to become new parish of Hormead on 1 April 1937. |
  | Meesden | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Much Hadham | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Stocking Pelham | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Thorley | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Throcking | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1955 | Parish abolished to become part of Cottered on 1 April 1955. |
  | Westmill | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  | Wyddial | 1 Apr 1935 | 31 Mar 1974 | |
  
  ## Premises
  
  The district council continued to use the offices it inherited from the two predecessor districts: Bridgefoot House in Buntingford from the Buntingford Rural District, and 2 Hockerill Street in Bishop's Stortford from the Hadham Rural District. Meetings were held alternately at each office.
  
  ## Abolition
  
  Braughing Rural District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of East Hertfordshire on 1 April 1974.
  
  