East Suffolk, along with West Suffolk, was created in 1888 as an administrative county of England. The administrative county was based on the eastern quarter sessions division of Suffolk. East Suffolk County Council's headquarters were at East Suffolk County Hall in Ipswich.[1]
| East Suffolk | |
|---|---|
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| Area | |
| • 1911 | 549,241 acres (2,222.70 km2) |
| • 1961 | 547,397 acres (2,215.24 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1901 | 189,170 |
| • 1971 | 258,054 |
| History | |
| • Created | 1889 |
| • Abolished | 1974 |
| • Succeeded by | Suffolk, with a small part transferred to Norfolk |
| Status | Administrative county |
| Government | East Suffolk County Council |
| • HQ | Ipswich |
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In 1974, most of the county reunified with West Suffolk and the county borough of Ipswich to form the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk.[2]
Subdivisions
editFrom 1894 the administrative county was divided into municipal boroughs, urban districts and rural districts:[3]
- Boroughs: Aldeburgh, Beccles, Eye, Lowestoft, Southwold
- Urban districts: Bungay (created 1910), Felixstowe and Walton, (renamed Felixstowe 1914), Halesworth (created 1900), Leiston-cum-Sizewell (created 1895), Oulton Broad (created 1904, abolished 1919), Saxmundham (created 1900), Stowmarket, Woodbridge
- 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, Wainford
The rural districts were further subdivided into civil parishes.
District Council
editOn 1 April 2019 a new East Suffolk district was created by the abolition and merger of Waveney and Suffolk Coastal districts. The new district, covers a smaller area than the pre-1974 East Suffolk county council.[4]
References
edit- ^ Historic England. "County Hall Main Entrance Block, Ipswich (1207685)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Ipswich mayor refutes Bury St Edmunds' county town title claim as 'not in the same league'". East Anglia Times. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ "East Suffolk". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The East Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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