Thingoe Rural District

Coordinates: 52°13′N 0°38′E / 52.22°N 0.63°E / 52.22; 0.63
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Thingoe

Location within West Suffolk, 1894


Location within West Suffolk, 1935
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded bySt Edmundsbury Borough
StatusRural district
 • HQBury St Edmunds

Thingoe Rural District was a rural district in the county of West Suffolk, England between 1894 and 1974. It was named after the ancient Hundred of Thingoe ("thing-hoe" – "assembly-mound") and administered from Bury St Edmunds, which it surrounded.

History[edit]

Thingoe Rural District was formed under the Local Government Act 1894.

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Depden was transferred to the Clare Rural District. On the same date the district was enlarged by the transfer of the civil parishes of Barnham, Barningham, Coney Weston, Euston, Fakenham Magna, Hepworth, Honington, Hopton, Knettishall, Market Weston, Sapiston, and Thelnetham from the disbanded Brandon Rural District.[1]

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the Borough of St Edmundsbury.

Parishes[edit]

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 58 parishes.

Statistics[edit]

Year Area[2] Population
[3]
Density
(pop/ha)
acres ha
1911 83,998 33,993 14,439 0.42
1921 13,397 0.39
1931 12,878 0.38
1951 106,739 43,196 17,266 0.40
1961 106,738 20,021 0.46

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Thingoe RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Thingoe RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Thingoe RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

52°13′N 0°38′E / 52.22°N 0.63°E / 52.22; 0.63