East Stow Rural District

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East Stow
East Stow RD 1894.png
Location within East Suffolk, 1894
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1934
  Succeeded by Gipping Rural District
Status Rural district

East Stow was a rural district in East Suffolk, England from 1894 to 1934.

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It was created under the Local Government Act 1894, from the part of the Stow rural sanitary district that was in East Suffolk (the rest forming Thedwastre Rural District in West Suffolk.) Its name derives from the historic hundred of Stow, whose boundaries it closely matched.

It was abolished in 1934 under a County Review Order. Its area went to form part of Gipping Rural District, with a small part being transferred to Stowmarket urban district. [1] In 1974 the area became part of Mid Suffolk district.

Statistics

YearArea [2] Population
[3]
Density
(pop/ha)
acresha
191121,6478,7606,2230.71
19216,3300.72
19317,2360.83

Parishes

East Stow RD contained the parishes of Buxhall, Combs, Creeting St Peter, Gipping, Great Finborough, Harleston, Haughley, Little Finborough, Old Newton, Onehouse, Shelland, Stowupland and Wetherden.

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References

  1. "East Stow 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 9 July 2017.
  2. "East Stow RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. "East Stow RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

Coordinates: 52°11′N0°58′E / 52.19°N 0.96°E / 52.19; 0.96