Sandy Urban District

Sandy was an urban district in Bedfordshire, England between 1927 and 1974.

Sandy
Urban District
Population
 • 19313,140
 • 19715,240[1]
History
 • Created1 April 1927
 • Abolished31 March 1974
 • Succeeded byMid Bedfordshire
 • HQSandy
Contained within
 • County CouncilBedfordshire
Map of boundary as of 1971

Formation

Prior to 1927, Sandy was a parish within the Biggleswade Rural District. On 1 April 1927 the parish became an urban district, with the parish council becoming an urban district council, and the area being removed from the Biggleswade Rural District.[2] The new council held its first meeting on 1 April 1927 at the town's Fire Station. The first chairman of the urban district council was Alfred Cope, a Liberal, who had previously been the chairman of the parish council.[3][4][5][6]

Premises
Sandy Fire Station, 10 Cambridge Road, meeting place of Sandy Urban District Council until 1946.

The council initially met in a council chamber on the first floor of the town's fire station at 10 Cambridge Road, as the parish council had previously done.[7] Administrative office functions were carried out in various other locations around the town, notably at 18 St Neots Road, which was sometimes described as the Council Offices.[8][9]

On 22 February 1946 the council purchased a house called Boyne House at 7 St Neots Road, paying £1,800 for it at auction.[10] The council converted Boyne House to become its offices and meeting place, holding its first meeting there in June 1946.[11][12]

Abolition

Sandy Urban District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, with the area becoming part of Mid Bedfordshire on 1 April 1974. A successor parish was created for the town, which initially continued to use the former urban district council's offices at Boyne House, before moving back to the former Fire Station at 10 Cambridge Road in 1978.[13][7]

Mid Bedfordshire in turn was abolished in 2009, when the area became part of Central Bedfordshire.

References
  1. "Sandy UD". A Vision of Britain Through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. Registrar-General's Statistical Review of England and Wales. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1927. p. 122. Retrieved 29 August 2021. Ministry of Health Order No. 71,634 – The Bedfordshire (Sandy Urban District) Confirmation Order, 1927
  3. Sandy Urban District Council: The First Meeting To-day, Bedfordshire Times (Bedford), 1 April 1927, page 4
  4. Sandy Urban Council’s First Meeting, Biggleswade Chronicle, 8 April 1927, page 3
  5. Thirteen Times Council Chairman: Death of Alderman Alfred Cope, Biggleswade Chronicle, 6 February 1948, page 11
  6. "Sandy Urban District". Bedfordshire Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. "Sandy Fire Station". Bedfordshire Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  8. London Gazette, 23 May 1933, page 3458
  9. “With Vacant Possession: 18 St Neots Road, Sandy”, Biggleswade Chronicle, 25 Oct 1946
  10. New Home for Sandy Council, Bedfordshire Times (Bedford), 1 March 1946, page 3
  11. Sandy U.D.C.’s New Quarters, Biggleswade Chronicle, 28 June 1946, page 2
  12. "7 St Neots Road". Bedfordshire Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. London Gazette, 7 July 1978, page 8205
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