Hambledon Rural District

[1] 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.

In 1933 the district gained the parishes of Busbridge, Dockenfield and Frensham, but ceded the parish of Shalford to Guildford Rural District at the same time.

[2] The district was initially administered from the workhouse in Hambledon and then from the clerk's office in Shalford.

In 1938 the council built itself a purpose-built office on Bury Fields in Guildford, outside the district.

The area was combined with Farnham, Godalming and Haslemere to become the borough of Waverley on 1 April 1974.