- East Suffolk
infobox historic subdivision
Name= East Suffolk
HQ=Ipswich
Status=Administrative county
Start= 1889
End= 1974
Replace=Suffolk , with a small part transferred toNorfolk
Civic=
AreaFirst= convert|549241|acre|km2
AreaFirstYear= 1911
AreaLast= convert|547397|acre|km2
AreaLastYear= 1961
PopulationFirst= 189,170
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
PopulationLast= 258,054
PopulationLastYear= 1971East Suffolk, along with
West Suffolk , was created in 1888 as anadministrative county ofEngland . The administrative county was based on the easternquarter sessions division of Suffolk. East Suffolk County Council's headquarters was inIpswich , which was acounty borough in its own right.East Suffolk was abolished in 1974 when most of the county was merged with
West Suffolk and thecounty borough ofIpswich to form thenon-metropolitan county ofSuffolk . A small part of East Suffolk was included intoNorfolk in 1974.ubdivisions
From 1894 the administrative county was divided into
municipal borough s,urban district s andrural district s:
*Boroughs:Aldeburgh ,Beccles , Eye,Lowestoft ,Southwold
*Urban districts: Bungay (created 1910), Felixstowe and Walton, (renamedFelixstowe 1914),Halesworth (created 1900),Leiston-cum-Sizewell (created 1895),Oulton Broad (created 1904, abolished 1919),Saxmundham (created 1900),Stowmarket
*Rural districts created in 1894: Blything, Bosmere and Claydon, East Stow, Hartismere, Hoxne, Mutford and Lothingland, Plomesgate, Samford, Wangford, Woodbridge
**The Rural Districts were completely reorganised by a County Review Order in 1934, and reduced to seven in number: Blyth, Deben, Gipping, Hartismere, Lothingland, Samford, WainfordThe rural districts were further subdivided into
civil parish es.References
*Vision of Britain: East Suffolk [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10001160]
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