Melbourn Rural District
Melbourn was a rural district in Cambridgeshire, England, from 1894 to 1934.
It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, from that part of the Royston rural sanitary district which was in Cambridgeshire. Three parishes historically in Essex were initially placed in a separate Royston Rural District, which was dissolved the following year and the parishes joined with Melbourn RD in Cambridgeshire. The included Cambridgeshire parishes were Abington Pigotts, Barrington, Bassingbourn, Fowlmere, Foxton, Guilden Morden, Kneesworth, Litlington, Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth, Shingay, Steeple Morden, Thriplow, Wendy, and Whaddon.
In 1934 under a County Review Order, it was abolished, and its area merged with other districts to form the South Cambridgeshire Rural District.
