Bullingdon Rural District Council held its first meeting on 4 April 1932 at County Hall, Oxford, when George Parker, 7th Earl of Macclesfield, was appointed the council's first chairman. He had previously been the chairman of the Thame Rural District Council.[2] For most of the district's existence its council was based in Oxford rather than in the district itself. In 1971 the council moved to offices on London Road in Wheatley.[a][3][4]
The district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of South Oxfordshire district on 1 April 1974. The new council continued to use the former Bullingdon Rural District Council offices in Wheatley until new purpose-built offices were opened at Crowmarsh Gifford in 1981.[5] The site of the old offices in Wheatley was later redeveloped for housing, with a road called Fairfax Gate now occupying the site.
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^The offices were actually in the parish of Holton, but the postal address was London Road, Wheatley.
^"Oxfordshire County Council". London Gazette (45338): 3382. 6 April 1971. Retrieved 20 March 2022. ...the offices of the Bullingdon Rural District Council, 76 Banbury Road, Oxford...
^"Oxfordshire County Council". London Gazette (45425): 7698. 16 July 1971. Retrieved 20 March 2022. ...the offices of the Bullingdon Rural District Council, London Road, Wheatley...