Place:Mildenhall Rural, Suffolk, England

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NameMildenhall Rural
TypeRural district
Located inSuffolk, England     (1894 - 1974)
Also located inWest Suffolk, England     (1894 - 1974)
See alsoForest Heath District, Suffolk, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
Mildenhall Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of West Suffolk, England and the historic county of Suffolk, England from 1894 until 1974. It was expanded in 1934 by absorbing some civil parishes from the disbanded Brandon Rural District and Moulton Rural District.

On 1 April 1974 the rural district was abolished following the regulations of the Local Government Act 1972 and was absorbed into the new Forest Heath District. At the same time the administrative county of West Suffolk was abolished. In 2019 Forest Heath District was abolished and merged with the area covered by the St. Edmundsbury District to form the West Suffolk District

Image:West Suffolk 1894-1974 B.png
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Parishes

The following parishes made up the Mildenhall Rural District:

Parish Description Existence Preceding Administration
Barton Mills ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Brandon ancient parish, civil parish 1935-1974 Brandon Rural District
Cavenham ancient parish, civil parish 1935-1974 Brandon Rural District
Dalham ancient parish, civil parish 1935-1974 Moulton Rural District
Elveden ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Eriswell ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Freckenham ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Gazeley ancient parish, civil parish 1935-1974 Moulton Rural District
Herringswell ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Higham Green hamlet/civil parish 1935-1974 Moulton Rural District
Icklingham ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Kentford ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Lakenheath ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Mildenhall ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Moulton ancient parish, civil parish 1935-1974 Moulton Rural District
Santon Downham ancient parish, civil parish 1935-1974 Brandon Rural District
Tuddenham ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974 also known as Tuddenham St. Mary
Wangford ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
Worlington ancient parish, civil parish 1895-1974
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Research Tips

  • A map of Suffolk from 1900 provided online by A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portsmouth Department of Geography) can be enlarged to view individual parishes. Careful inspection will usually lead to the discovery of smaller hamlets founded before 1900. The rural districts (marked with their names printed in blue) are those in existence in 1900, not those introduced in 1934. The more ancient hundreds are marked in red. Most (but not all) parish names are underlined in red.
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