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Coordinates: 52°20′N 1°32′E / 52.33°N 1.54°E / 52.33; 1.54
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Blything

Location within East Suffolk, 1894
History
 • Created28 December 1894
 • Abolished31 March 1934
 • Succeeded byBlyth Rural District
StatusRural district
 • HQBulcamp, Blythburgh

Blything Rural District was a rural district within the administrative county of East Suffolk between 1894 and 1934.

Evolution

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The district had its origins in the Blything Hundred Incorporation, set up in 1764 to administer the poor laws in the hundred of Blything. A workhouse to serve the area was built at Bulcamp in the parish of Blythburgh, opening in 1766. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, the old incorporation was dissolved and replaced by the Blything Poor Law Union in 1835.[1] In 1872, sanitary districts were established, with responsibility for public health and local government given to the boards of guardians of poor law unions for areas without urban authorities. The Blything Rural Sanitary District therefore covered the area of the Blything Poor Law Union except for the parish of Southwold, which was a municipal borough and so formed its own urban sanitary district.[2]

Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts on 28 December 1894. Blything Rural District Council held its first meeting on 31 December 1894 at the Blything Union Workhouse at Bulcamp, Blythburgh. Thomas Lomax of Grove Park, Yoxford, was appointed the first chairman of the council; he had previously been chairman of the Blything Board of Guardians.[3][4] The council continued to be based at the workhouse at Bulcamp throughout its existence.[5]

Two urban districts were subsequently created out of parishes within Blything: Leiston cum Sizewell in 1895 and Halesworth in 1900.

In 1934, under a County Review Order, Blything Rural District was abolished. The largest part of its territory passed to the new but similarly named Blyth Rural District; apart from small adjustments the rest went to Lothingland and Wainford Rural Districts.

Statistics

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Year Area[6] Population
[7] 		Density
(pop/ha)
acres ha
1911 87,438 35,385 18,190 0.51
1921 17,896 0.51
1931 16,614 0.47

Parishes

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Parish To Notes
Aldringham cum Thorpe 1934 Detached. To Blyth RD
Benacre 1934 To Lothingland RD
Blyford 1934 To Wainford RD
Blythburgh 1934 To Blyth RD
Bramfield 1934 To Blyth RD
Brampton 1934 To Wainford RD
Chediston 1934 To Blyth RD
Cookley 1934 To Blyth RD
Covehithe 1934 To Lothingland RD
Cratfield 1934 To Blyth RD
Darsham 1934 To Blyth RD
Dunwich 1934 To Blyth RD (part to Southwold MB)
Easton Bavents 1934 To Lothingland RD (part to Southwold MB)
Frostenden 1934 To Lothingland RD
Halesworth 1900 To Halesworth UD
Henham 1934 To Lothingland RD
Henstead 1934 To Lothingland RD
Heveningham 1934 To Blyth RD
Holton 1934 To Wainford RD (part to Halesworth UD)
Huntingfield 1934 To Blyth RD
Kelsale cum Carlton 1934 To Blyth RD
Knodishall 1934 To Blyth RD
Leiston 1895 To Leiston cum Sizewell UD
Linstead Magna 1934 To Blyth RD
Linstead Parva 1934 To Blyth RD
Middleton 1934 To Blyth RD
Peasenhall 1934 To Blyth RD
Reydon 1934 To Lothingland RD
Rumburgh 1934 To Wainford RD
Sibton 1934 To Blyth RD
Sotherton 1934 To Wainford RD
South Cove 1934 To Lothingland RD
Spexhall 1934 To Wainford RD
Stoven 1934 To Wainford RD
Theberton 1934 To Blyth RD (part to Leiston-cum-Sizewell UD)
Thorington 1934 To Blyth RD
Ubbeston 1934 To Blyth RD
Uggeshall 1934 To Lothingland RD
Walberswick 1934 To Blyth RD (part to Southwold MB)
Walpole 1934 To Blyth RD
Wangford 1934 To Lothingland RD
Wenhaston 1934 To Blyth RD
Westhall 1934 To Wainford RD
Westleton 1934 To Blyth RD
Wissett 1934 To Wainford RD (part to Halesworth UD)
Wrentham 1934 To Lothingland RD
Yoxford 1934 To Blyth RD

References

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  1. ^ Higginbotham, Peter. "Blything Workhouse". The Workhouse. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Blything 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 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ "First meeting of the Blything Board of Rural District Councillors and Guardians". Halesworth Times. 1 January 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Tribute to Mr Thomas Lomax". Evening Star. Ipswich. 10 May 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ Kelly's Directory of Suffolk. London. 1912. p. 57. Retrieved 10 March 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "Blything RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Blything RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

52°20′N 1°32′E / 52.33°N 1.54°E / 52.33; 1.54

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