Woodbridge Rural District

Summary

Woodbridge Rural District was a rural district within the administrative county of East Suffolk between 1894 and 1934. It was created out of the earlier Woodbridge rural sanitary district.[1] It surrounded the town of Woodbridge, which had earlier been created as an urban district.

Woodbridge

Location within East Suffolk, 1894
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1934
 • Succeeded byDeben Rural District
StatusRural district

In 1934, under a County Review Order, Woodbridge Rural District was abolished and its parishes transferred to the new Deben Rural District.

Statistics edit

Year Area[2] Population
[3]
Density
(pop/ha)
acres ha
1911 73,327 29,675 16,314 0.55
1921 16,046 0.54
1931 18,386 0.62

Parishes edit

Woodbridge RD contained the following parishes:

References edit

  1. ^ "Woodbridge 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.
  2. ^ "Woodbridge RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Woodbridge RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

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