Orsett Rural District

Orsett
Rural district
Area
 • 191139,939 acres (161.63 km2)
 • 193129,158 acres (118.00 km2)
 • Coordinates51°30′N 0°21′E / 51.50°N 0.35°E / 51.50; 0.35
Area transferred
 • 1912All of Chadwell St Mary to Tilbury Urban District
 • 1929All of Aveley, South Ockendon and West Thurrock to Purfleet Urban District
 • 1934Parts of Corringham, Fobbing and Laindon Hills to Billericay Urban District
Population
 • 190119,912
 • 193120,525
Density
 • 19010.51/acre
 • 19310.70/acre
History
 • OriginOrsett Rural Sanitary District
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1936
 • Succeeded byThurrock Urban District with part to Hornchurch Urban District
StatusRural district
GovernmentOrsett Rural District Council
 • HQCouncil Offices, Grays
Subdivisions
 • TypeParishes
 • Units
Today part ofThurrock with parts in Basildon and Havering

Orsett Rural District was a local government district centred on Orsett in the south Essex part of the Thames Estuary in England. It was a rural district from 1894 to 1936, initially made up of seventeen civil parishes and the successor to the Orsett Rural Sanitary District. Parts of the district were split off to form Tilbury in 1912, Purfleet in 1929 and Billericay in 1934. Thurrock Urban District was the main successor district in 1936. Today it corresponds to the Thurrock unitary authority area with parts in Basildon, Essex and Havering, Greater London.

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