Maidstone Rural District

Maidstone
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Maidstone
Status	Rural district

Maidstone Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England. It lay to the south of the town and municipal borough of Maidstone.

Following the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the district was merged with the municipal borough and Hollingbourne Rural District to form the Borough of Maidstone.

Civil parishes

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following civil parishes to the south, southwest and southeast of Maidstone:

• Barming (created 1934)
• Bearsted
• Boughton Monchelsea
• Coxheath
• East Barming (abolished to create Barming CP in 1934)
• East Farleigh
• Hunton
• Linton
• Loose
• Marden
• Nettlestead
• Otham (included Downswood)
• Staplehurst
• West Barming (abolished to create Barming CP in 1934)
• West Farleigh
• Yalding (included Collier Street)