This had been created under the Public Health Act 1872, giving public health and local government responsibilities for rural areas to the existing boards of guardians of poor law unions.

[3] The link with the poor law union continued, with all the elected councillors of the rural district council being ex officio members of the Ware Board of Guardians.

From the council's foundation until 1960 it met at the board room of the Ware Union Workhouse, later known as Western House, on Collett Road.

[6] In 1934 the council acquired a house called The Laurels at 97 New Road, converting it to serve as offices.

The old Ware Rural District Council main office at 97 New Road was subsequently converted into flats, whilst its other office at 103 New Road was used for various local authority functions for some years, with the site being redeveloped for houses in 2015.