Place:Downham Rural, Norfolk, England

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NameDownham Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates52.58°N 0.44°E
Located inNorfolk, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoKing's Lynn and West Norfolk District, Norfolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Downham Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Downham rural sanitary district. It completely encircled Downham Market Urban District.

In 1930 a new parish of Nordelph was created in Downham RD, taking land mostly out of the Marshland RD parish of Upwell.

Several changes were made to the rural district boundaries in 1935. In particular, it took in four large (in area terms) parishes from the disbanded Thetford Rural District.

In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district.

The Ordnance Survey Map of 1900 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time will assist in identifying the location of the individual parishes.

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Downham Rural District as of 1894 with Thetford Rural District shown in yellow.

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Parishes

ParishDescriptionDurationNotes
Barton Bendish parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Bexwell parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 absorbed into Ryston in 1935
Boughton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Crimplesham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Denver parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Downham West civil parish 1894 - 1974
Feltwell parish (ancient), civil parish 1935 - 1974
Fincham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Fordham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hilgay parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hockwold cum Wilton civil parish 1935 - 1974
Marham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Methwold parish (ancient), civil parish 1935 - 1974
Nordelph civil parish 1930 - 1974
Northwold parish (ancient), civil parish 1935 - 1974
Runcton Holme parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Ryston parish (ancient), civil parish 1935 - 1974
Ryston with Roxham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 absorbed into Ryston in 1935
Shouldham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Shouldham Thorpe parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
South Runcton chapelry, hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1935 absorbed into Runcton Holme in 1935
Southery parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Stoke Ferry parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Stow Bardolph parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Stradsett parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Tottenhill parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Wallington with Thorpland parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 absorbed into Runcton Holme in 1935
Watlington parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Welney civil parish 1889 -
Wereham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
West Dereham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
West Welney civil parish 1895 - 1935
Wiggenhall St. German parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935
Wiggenhall St. Germans civil parish 1935 - 1974
Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Wiggenhall St. Mary the Virgin parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Wiggenhall St. Peter parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935
Wimbotsham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Wormegay parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Wretton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
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