Melford Rural District

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Melford
Melford RD 1894.png
Location within West Suffolk, 1894
Glemsford UD in yellow.
Melford RD 1935.png
Location within West Suffolk, 1935
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded by Babergh
Status Rural district
 •  HQ Sudbury

Melford Rural District was a rural district in the county of West Suffolk, England. It was created in 1894, under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Sudbury rural sanitary district in West Suffolk (the rest becoming Belchamp Rural District in Essex). It was named after Long Melford and administered from Sudbury. [1] Shortly after its creation, in 1896, the parish of Glemsford was made a separate urban district.

Contents

On 1 April 1935 it lost the parishes of Cavendish and Hawkedon to the Clare Rural District. At the same time the Glemsford Urban District was abolished and restored to the district. [2]

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the District of Babergh.

Parishes

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 21 civil parishes.

Statistics

YearArea [3] Population
[4] 		Density
(pop/ha)
acresha
191149,85020,17412,7910.63
192112,1890.60
193111,6180.58
195147,39819,18112,9570.68
196147,39713,3170.69

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References

  1. ↑ "Melford Rural District Council". The National Archives (United Kingdom) . Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Melford 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.
  3. ↑ "Melford RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Melford RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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