Marshland Rural District Explained
Marshland Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974.[1]
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Marshland rural sanitary district, and was named after the Freebridge Marshland hundred. It covered an area to the west of King's Lynn on the borders of Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely.
In 1930 a new parish of Nordelph was created in Downham RD, taking land mostly out of the Marshland RD parishes of Upwell and Outwell.[2]
During the period 1933-1935 it absorbed most of the area of the disbanded Walsoken Urban District,[3] with other minor boundary changes.[1]
In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the West Norfolk district.
Statistics
| Year | Area (ha)
[4] | Population
[5] | Density
(pop/ha) |
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| 1911 | 22,085 | 12,382 | 0.56 |
| 1921 | 15,589 | 0.71 |
| 1931 | 20,676 | 14,130 | 0.68 |
| 1951 | 22,890 | 16,570 | 0.72 |
| 1961 | 16,994 | 0.74 | |
Parishes
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| 1935 | | Created from parts of 11 parishes |
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| | 1935 | Most to Tilney St Lawrence, some to Marshland St James |
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| 1934 | | Previously Walsoken UD |
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References
- Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Marshland RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 June 2017.
- Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Upwell CP through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres). A Vision of Britain through Time. 26 June 2017. Shows reduction in Upwell between 1921 & 1931. Note that several other pages on the site fail to report this transfer..
- Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Walsoken AP/CP through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District. A Vision of Britain through Time. 24 June 2017.
- Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Marshland RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres). A Vision of Britain through Time. 26 Jun 2017.
- Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Marshland RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population. A Vision of Britain through Time. 26 Jun 2017.
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