Erpingham Rural District

Boundaries in 1894. 1902 extension in yellow

Boundaries in 1935

Erpingham 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 Erpingham rural sanitary district, taking its name from the ancient North and South Erpingham hundreds - but did not, initially, include some parishes from these hundreds including Erpingham parish itself. It lay on the north coast of Norfolk around the Urban Districts of Cromer and, later, Sheringham (created 1901, extended 1914 ^[2] ).

In 1935 Erpingham RD took in several parishes from Aylsham Rural District, and ceded smaller areas to Walsingham and Smallburgh RDs.

In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the North Norfolk district.

Statistics

Year	Area (ha) [3]	Population [4]	Density (pop/ha)
1911	25,179	17,137	0.68
1921	25,158	17,890	0.71
1931		17,018	0.68
1951	28,777	19,516	0.68
1961	28,773	18,479	0.64

Parishes

Parish	From	To	Notes
Alby with Thwaite	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD
Aldborough
Antingham
Aylmerton
Baconsthorpe
Barningham Norwood		1935	Added to Gresham
Barningham Winter		1935	Added to Matlask
Beeston Regis
Bessingham		1935	Added to Sustead
Bodham
Briston		1935	To Walsingham RD
Cley next the Sea
Colby	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD (including Banningham)
Corpusty	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD (including Saxthorpe)
East Beckham
Edgefield
Erpingham	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD (including Calthorpe)
Felbrigg
Gimingham
Glandford with Bayfield		1935	See Letheringsett with Glandford
Gresham
Gunton		1935	Added to Hanworth
Hanworth
Hempstead
High Kelling
Holt
Hunworth		1935	Added to Stody
Ingworth	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD
Itteringham	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD (including Mannington)
Kelling
Knapton		1935	To Smallburgh RD
Letheringsett		1935	See Letheringsett with Glandford
Letheringsett with Glandford	1935		Merger of Letheringsett and Glandford with Bayfield
Little Barningham	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD
Matlask
Metton		1935	Added to Sustead
Mundesley
Northrepps
Overstrand
Plumstead
Roughton
Runton
Salthouse
Sheringham		1901	Partly formed Sheringham UD, rest as Upper Sheringham
Sidestrand
Southrepps
Stody
Suffield
Sustead
Thornage
Thorpe Market
Thurgarton		1935	Added to Aldborough
Trimingham
Trunch		1935	To Smallburgh RD
Upper Sheringham	1901		Formerly part of Sheringham parish
West Beckham
Weybourne
Wickmere			Formerly Aylsham RD (including Wolterton)

References

1. "Erpingham 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 30 June 2017.
2. "Sheringham 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. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
3. "Erpingham through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
4. "Erpingham through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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