Lexden and Winstree Rural District

51°53′20″N 0°50′46″E / 51.889°N 0.846°E / 51.889; 0.846

Lexden and Winstree
Rural district

Former Lexden and Winstree Union Workhouse, London Road, Stanway
Area
 • 197126,929 hectares (66,543 acres)
Population
 • 190118,586
 • 197132,161
History
 • Created28 December 1894
 • Abolished31 March 1974
 • Succeeded byColchester
StatusRural district

Lexden and Winstree Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering an area in the north-east of the county which almost surrounded Colchester. It was abolished in 1974 when its area was absorbed into a much enlarged borough of Colchester.

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