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.
| Thingoe | |
|---|---|
 Location within West Suffolk, 1894  Location within West Suffolk, 1935 | |
| History | |
| • Created | 1894 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | St Edmundsbury Borough |
| Status | Rural district |
| • HQ | Bury St Edmunds |
History
editThingoe 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 and became part of West Suffolk district in 2019.
Parishes
editAt the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 58 parishes.
- Ampton
- Bardwell
- Barnham
- Barningham
- Barrow
- Bradfield Combust
- Bradfield St Clare
- Bradfield St George
- Brockley
- Chedburgh
- Chevington
- Coney Weston
- Culford
- Denham St Mary
- Euston
- Fakenham Magna
- Flempton
- Fornham All Saints
- Fornham St Genevieve
- Fornham St Martin
- Great Barton
- Great Livermere
- Great Saxham
- Great Whelnetham
- Hardwick
- Hargrave
- Hawstead
- Hengrave
- Hepworth
- Honington
- Hopton
- Horringer
- Ickworth
- Ingham
- Ixworth Thorpe
- Ixworth
- Knettishall
- Lackford
- Little Livermere
- Little Saxham
- Little Whelnetham
- Market Weston
- Nowton
- Pakenham
- Rede
- Risby
- Rushbrooke
- Rougham
- Sapiston
- Stanningfield
- Stanton
- Thelnetham
- Timworth
- Troston
- West Stow
- Westley
- Whepstead
- Wordwell
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Thingoe RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Thingoe RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.