Samford Rural District
Samford | |
---|---|
Location within East Suffolk, 1894 | |
History | |
• Created | 1894 |
• Abolished | 1974 |
• Succeeded by | Babergh |
Status | Rural district |
Samford Rural District was a
hundred of Samford
, whose boundaries it closely matched, containing the same parishes.
Under the East Suffolk
Ipswich
. This boundary was revised again in 1952.
Under the Local Government Act 1972, Samford Rural District was abolished in 1974, and its area became part of the district of Babergh.
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Statistics
Year | Area[2] | Population [3] |
Density (pop/ha) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
acres | ha | |||
1911 | 45,347 | 18,351 | 13,868 | 0.76 |
1921 | 14,640 | 0.80 | ||
1931 | 13,931 | 0.76 | ||
1951 | 45,139 | 18,267 | 15,324 | 0.84 |
1961 | 45,030 | 18,223 | 14,509 | 0.80 |
Parishes
Samford Rural District contained the following parishes:
OS Map (1946) | Parish | Area (acres) |
---|---|---|
Belstead | 1012 | |
Bentley | 2801 | |
Brantham | 1922 | |
Burstall | 766 | |
Capel St Mary | 1910 | |
Chattisham | 714 | |
Chelmondiston | 1293 | |
Copdock | 932 | |
East Bergholt | 3064 | |
Erwarton | 1318 | |
Freston | 1414 | |
Great Wenham |
1108 | |
Harkstead | 1727 | |
Higham | 863 | |
Hintlesham | 2828 | |
Holbrook | 2203 | |
Holton St Mary | 810 | |
Little Wenham | 970 | |
Raydon | 2335 | |
Shelley | 928 | |
Shotley |
2051 | |
Sproughton | 2380 | |
Stratford St Mary |
1432 | |
Stutton | 2138 | |
Tattingstone | 1637 | |
Washbrook |
1414 | |
Wherstead | 2019 | |
Woolverstone | 951 |
References
- ^ "Samford 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 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Samford RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Samford RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 July 2017.