{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972/schedule/part-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972/schedule/part-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1972/2039",
  "legislation_title": "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/english-non-metropolitan-districts-definition-order-1972",
  "path": "schedule/part/19",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "COUNTY OF HERTFORDSHIRE",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\nReference number of district\nArea of district by reference to existing administrative areas\n1\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe urban districts of Baldock, Hitchin, Letchworth and Royston;\nthe rural district of Hitchin.\n2\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe urban district of Stevenage;\nin the rural district of Hertford, so much of the parishes of Aston and Datchworth as lies within the designated area of Stevenage New Town.\n3\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe borough of Hertford;\nthe urban districts of Bishop's Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Ware;\nthe rural districts of Braughing and Ware;\nthe rural district of Hertford, except the areas in district 2.\n4\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe borough of Hemel Hempstead;\nthe urban districts of Berkhamsted and Tring;\nthe rural districts of Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead;\nin the rural district of St. Albans, so much of the parishes of Redbourn and St. Michael Rural as lies within the designated area of Hemel Hempstead New Town;\nin the rural district of Watford, so much of the parish of Abbots Langley as lies within the designated area of Hemel Hempstead New Town.\n5\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe borough of St. Albans;\nthe urban district of Harpenden;\nthe rural district of St. Albans, except the areas in district 4.\n6\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe urban district of Welwyn Garden City;\nthe rural districts of Hatfield and Welwyn.\n7\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire, the urban districts of Cheshunt and Hoddesdon.\n8\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe urban districts of Chorleywood and Rickmansworth;\nthe rural district of Watford, except the areas in districts 4 and 10.\n9\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire, the borough of Watford.\n10\nIn the administrative county of Hertfordshire—\nthe urban districts of Bushey and Potters Bar;\nthe rural district of Elstree;\nin the rural district of Watford, the parish of Aldenham.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/2039/schedule/part/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:21:20.670452+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}