Place:Plomesgate Rural, Suffolk, England

Plomesgate Rural District existed in the historic county of Suffolk and the administrative county of East Suffolk from 1894 until 1934. It stretched a considerable distance inland from the North Sea coast in the central (north to south) part of the county. In 1934 its area was chiefly divided between Blyth Rural District and Deben Rural District with Blyth Rural District taking the eastern part. Aldeburgh Municipal Borough absorbed part of Hazlewood parish and Kenton parish was transferred to Hartismere Rural District. Saxmundham had become an urban district in 1900.

Parishes

The following parishes made up the Plomesgate Rural District:

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.