Eton Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, covering an area in the south-east of the county. It was named after but did not contain Eton, which was an urban district. History The district had its origins in the Eton Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835, covering Eton itself and several surrounding parishes. Despite being named after Eton, the board of guardians chose to build the workhouse for the union in Slough, with the building being completed in 1836 on Upton Lane (later renamed Albert Street). In 1872 sanitary districts were established, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions. The Eton Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the poor law union except for Eton itself and Slough, which both had local boards of health and so formed their own urban sanitary districts. The Eton Rural Sanitary District was administered from Eton Union Workhouse on Albert Street, Slough. Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894. The Eton Rural District Council held its first meeting on 8 January 1895 at the workhouse in Slough. George Shippen Willes was appointed the first chairman of the council. Parishes It included the parishes of: Boveney (abolished 1934, rural part to Dorney, urban part to Eton) Burnham Datchet Denham Dorney Eton Wick (created December 1894 from the parts of Eton parish outside the Eton Urban District, abolished 1934 and absorbed back into Eton) Farnham Royal Fulmer Gerrards Cross (created 1895) Hedgerley Hedgerley Dean (abolished 1934, split between Farnham Royal, Gerrards Cross, Hedgerley) Hitcham (abolished 1934, split between Burnham, Dorney and Taplow) Horton Iver Langley Marish (part to Slough in 1930, remainder split between Fulmer and Wexham in 1934) Stoke Poges Taplow Upton cum Chalvey (abolished c. 1900, most to Slough) Wexham Wyrardisbury Premises Until the Second World War, the council continued to meet at the Union Workhouse in Slough, which was later renamed the Albert House public assistance institution in 1930 and subsequently became Upton Hospital in 1948. Administrative functions were generally carried out at the offices of the solicitor who acted as clerk to the council. In 1928 the council purchased a large detached Victorian house called Denmark House on Windsor Road, Slough, at the corner with Chalvey Road. Denmark House was