Thedwastre Rural District

infobox historic subdivision
Name= Thedwastre
HQ= Thurston
Status= Rural district
Start= 1894
End= 1974
Replace=


AreaFirst= 34,126 acres (138.1 km²)
AreaLast= 34,126 acres (138.1 km²)
AreaFirstYear= 1901
AreaLastYear= 1971
PopulationFirst= 9,075
PopulationLast= 10,692
PopulationFirstYear= 1901
PopulationLastYear= 1971 [ [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10135357 Thedwastre RD (Vision of Britain), accessed October 8, 2007] ]

Thedwastre was a rural district in West Suffolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894, from the part of the Stow Rural Sanitary District which was in West Suffolk (the rest forming East Stow Rural District in East Suffolk). It was named after the historic hundred of Thedwastre.

The district was abolished in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and went to form part of the Mid Suffolk district in Suffolk.

Parishes

The rural district comprised the following civil parishes:
*Ampton
*Beyton
*Bradfield Combust
*Bradfield St Clare
*Drinkstone
*Felsham
*Fornham St Genevieve
*Fornham St Martin
*Gedding
*Great Barton
*Great Livermere
*Great Welnetham
*Hessett
*Little Welnetham
*Pakenham
*Rattlesden
*Rougham
*Rushbrooke
*Stanningfield
*Thurston
*Timworth
*Tostock
*Woolpit [F.A. Youngs Jr., "Guide to the Administrative Units of England", Vol.1: Southern England, London, 1979]

References