Deben Rural District Explained

Deben
Start:	1934
End:	1974
Map:	Location within East Suffolk, 1934

Deben Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk, England. It was created in 1934 by the merger of parts of the disbanded Bosmere and Claydon Rural District, the disbanded Plomesgate Rural District and the disbanded Woodbridge Rural District, under a County Review Order.^[1] It was named after the River Deben and administered from Woodbridge.

Its area was reduced slightly in 1952 by an expansion of the county borough of Ipswich.

On 1 April 1974, it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and has since formed part of the District of Suffolk Coastal.

Statistics

Year	Area^[2]		Population ^[3]	Density (pop/ha)
	acres	ha
1951	109,978	44,507	27,505	0.62
1961	109,310	44,237	32,309	0.73

Parishes

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 66 civil parishes.

References

1. Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Deben RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District. A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 Jul 2017.
2. Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Deben RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres). A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 Jul 2017.
3. Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Deben RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population. A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 Jul 2017.

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