Thingoe Rural District

Thingoe
Thingoe
	; Location within West Suffolk, 1894; ; Location within West Suffolk, 1935;
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	St Edmundsbury Borough
Status	Rural district
• HQ	Bury St Edmunds

Thingoe Rural District was a rural district in the county of West Suffolk, England between 1894 and 1974. It was named after the ancient Hundred of Thingoe ("thing-hoe" – "assembly-mound") and administered from Bury St Edmunds, which it surrounded.

History

Thingoe Rural District was formed under the Local Government Act 1894.

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Depden was transferred to the Clare Rural District. On the same date the district was enlarged by the transfer of the civil parishes of Barnham, Barningham, Coney Weston, Euston, Fakenham Magna, Hepworth, Honington, Hopton, Knettishall, Market Weston, Sapiston, and Thelnetham from the disbanded Brandon Rural District.^[1]

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the borough of St Edmundsbury and became part of West Suffolk district in 2019.

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 58 parishes.

Year	Area^[2]		Population ^[3]	Density (pop/ha)
Year	acres	ha	Population ^[3]	Density (pop/ha)
1911	83,998	33,993	14,439	0.42
1921			13,397	0.39
1931			12,878	0.38
1951	106,739	43,196	17,266	0.40
1961	106,738	43,196	20,021	0.46

^ "Thingoe 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.
^ "Thingoe RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
^ "Thingoe RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.