Place:Wangford Rural, Suffolk, England

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NameWangford Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates52.6°N 1.5°E
Located inSuffolk, England     (1894 - 1934)
Also located inEast Suffolk, England     (1894 - 1934)
See alsoWainford Rural, Suffolk, Englandrural district into which the parishes were absorbed in 1934
Bungay, Suffolk, Englandurban district formed from two parishes in 1910
Wangford Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of East Suffolk, England and in the historic county of Suffolk. It was created in 1894. On 1 April 1934 it was abolished and its civil parishes were transferred to the newly created Wainford Rural District. It was located on the northern edge of the county on the border with Norfolk and was probably administered from the town of Beccles.

In 1910 the two parishes making up Bungay merged and became an Urban District.

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Parishes

The following parishes made up the Wangford Rural District:

Parish Description Existence Hundred Following Administration
Barsham parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Bungay Holy Trinity parish 1894-1910 Bungay Urban District
Bungay St. Mary parish 1894-1910 Bungay Urban District
Ellough parish 1934-1934 Wainford Rural District
Flixton (near Bungay) parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Homersfield parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Ilketshall St. Andrew parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Ilketshall St. John parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Ilketshall St. Lawrence parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Ilketshall St. Margaret parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Mettingham parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
North Cove parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Redisham parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Ringsfield parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Shadingfield parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Shipmeadow parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Sotterley parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
South Elmham All Saints and St. Nicholas parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
South Elmham St. Cross parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
South Elmham St. James parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
South Elmham St. Margaret parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
South Elmham St. Michael parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
South Elmham St. Peter parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Weston parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Willingham St. Mary parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
Worlingham parish 1894-1934 Wainford Rural District
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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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