Depwade Rural District

Position within Norfolk, 1894 Boundaries in 1894. 1902 extension in yellow

Depwade Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. ^[1]

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Depwade rural sanitary district, taking its name from the ancient Depwade hundred. It lay to the east of Diss Urban District.

In 1902 it took in the eastern part of the disbanded Guiltcross Rural District, ^[2] thus completely encircling Diss except where that town bordered on Suffolk.

Thereafter its borders were unchanged until 1974, when the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the South Norfolk district.

Statistics

Year	Area (ha) [3]	Population [4]	Density (pop/ha)
1911	32,271	19,933	0.62
1921		18,989	0.59
1931		17,690	0.55
1951		18,161	0.56
1961		17,332	0.54

Parishes

Parish	From	To	Notes
Alburgh
Ashwellthorpe
Aslacton
Billingford		1935	Added to Scole
Bressingham	1902		Formerly Guiltcross RD
Brockdish
Bunwell
Burston
Carleton Rode
Denton
Dickleburgh
Earsham
Fersfield	1902	1935	Formerly Guiltcross RD
Forncett	1935		Merger of next 2 parishes
Forncett St Mary		1935
Forncett St Peter		1935
Fritton		1935	Added to Morning Thorpe
Fundenhall		1935	Added to Ashwellthorpe
Gissing
Hapton		1935	Added to Tharston
Hardwick		1935	Added to Shelton
Hempnall
Long Stratton	1935		Merger of Stratton St Mary and Stratton St Michael
Morning Thorpe
Moulton St Michael
Needham
Pulham Market			Pulham St Mary Magdalene before 1947
Pulham St. Mary			Pulham St Mary the Virgin before 1947
Redenhall with Harleston
Roydon	1902		Formerly Guiltcross RD
Rushall		1935	Added to Dickleburgh
Scole
Shelfanger	1902		Formerly Guiltcross RD
Shelton
Shimpling		1935	Added to Burston
Starston
Stratton St Mary		1935	Component of Long Stratton
Stratton St Michael		1935	Component of Long Stratton
Tacolneston
Tasburgh
Tharston
Thelveton		1935	Added to Scole
Thorpe Abbots		1935	Added to Brockdish
Tibenham
Tivetshall St Margaret
Tivetshall St Mary
Wacton
Winfarthing	1902		Formerly Guiltcross RD

References

1. "Depwade 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 29 June 2017.
2. "Bressingham CP/AP through time: Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. This change is not reported on the District level pages, but is apparent from parish commencement dates. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
3. "Depwade RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
4. "Depwade RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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