| Ruislip-Northwood | |
 Ruislip-Northwood within Middlesex in 1961 |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Urban district |
| 1911/1931 area | 6,585 acres (26.6 km2) |
| 1961 area | 6,584 acres (26.6 km2) |
| HQ | Oaklands Gate |
| History | |
| Origin | Ruislip parish |
| Created | 1904 |
| Abolished | 1965 |
| Succeeded by | London Borough of Hillingdon |
| Demography | |
|---|---|
| 1911 population - 1911 density |
6,217 0.94/acre |
| 1931 population - 1931 density |
16,042 2.44/acre |
| 1961 population - 1961 density |
72,791 11.05/acre |
| Politics | |
| Governance | Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council |
Ruislip-Northwood was an urban district in west Middlesex, England from 1904 to 1965.[1] It was within the Metropolitan Police District and from 1933 the London Passenger Transport Area.
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The urban district was created in 1904, covering the parish of Ruislip, which had previously been part of Uxbridge Rural District. The parish and district also covered the Northwood area.
The urban district council consisted of nine councillors in 1904 and by 1920 there were 15.[2]
The district experienced a sharp rise in population, from 6,217 in 1911 to 72,791 in 1961, caused by the Metroland railway expansion and suburban house building. Consequentially, the district was the one of the first in England to devise a statutory planning scheme in 1914, following the Housing and Town Planning Act 1909.[3]
A coat of arms was granted in 1937 and is described as argent, a hurst of oak-trees proper growing out of a grassy mount, and above them a roundel azure charged with a star of five points or; on a chief gules a silver mitre between two fleurs-de-lis or.[2]
It was abolished in 1965, and its area went to form part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London. The name survives in the Ruislip-Northwood parliamentary constituency.
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