Woodbridge Rural District Explained

Woodbridge
Start:	1894
End:	1934
Map:	Location within East Suffolk, 1894

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.

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

Statistics

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

Woodbridge RD contained the following parishes:

• Alderton
• Alnesbourn Priory
• Bawdsey
• Boulge
• Boyton
• Bredfield
• Brightwell
• Bromeswell
• Bucklesham
• Burgh
• Capel St Andrew
• Charsfield
• Clopton
• Culpho
• Dallinghoo
• Dallinghoo Wield
• Debach
• Falkenham
• Foxhall
• Great Bealings
• Grundisburgh
• Hasketon
• Hemley
• Hollesley
• Kesgrave
• Kirton
• Levington
• Little Bealings
• Martlesham
• Melton
• Nacton
• Newbourne
• Otley
• Pettistree
• Playford
• Purdis Farm
• Ramsholt
• Rushmere St Andrew
• Shottisham
• Stratton Hall
• Sutton
• Trimley St Martin
• Trimley St Mary
• Tuddenham St Martin
• Ufford
• Waldringfield
• Westerfield
• Witnesham

References

1. Web site: GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Woodbridge 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. Woodbridge 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. Woodbridge RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population. A Vision of Britain through Time. 10 Jul 2017.

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