Thingoe Rural District

 • 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

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

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

Statistics

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

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