Clare Rural District was a rural district in the county of West Suffolk, England. It was created by the Local Government Act 1894, comprising those parishes in the Risbridge rural sanitary district which were in Suffolk.

Clare

Location within West Suffolk, 1894

Location within West Suffolk, 1935
History
 • Created1894
 • Abolished1974
 • Succeeded byBorough of St Edmundsbury
StatusRural district
 • HQClare

On 1 April 1935 it was enlarged by the addition of the parishes of Lidgate and Ousden from the disbanded Moulton Rural District, Cavendish and Hawkedon from the Melford Rural District and Depden from the Thingoe Rural District.[1] It was named after and administered from Clare.

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the borough of St Edmundsbury which became West Suffolk district in 2019.

Parishes

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Parish From Notes
Barnardiston
Cavendish 1935 From Melford RD
Clare
Cowlinge
Denston
Depden 1935 From Thingoe RD
Great Bradley
Great Thurlow
Great Wratting
Hawkedon 1935 From Melford RD
Hundon
Kedington
Lidgate 1935 From Moulton RD
Little Bradley
Little Thurlow
Little Wratting
Monks Risbridge
Ousden 1935 From Moulton RD
Poslingford
Stansfield
Stoke by Clare
Stradishall
Wickhambrook
Withersfield
Wixoe

Statistics

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Year Area[2] Population
[3]
Density
(pop/ha)
acres ha
1911 39,522 15,994 8,567 0.54
1921 7,348 0.46
1931 6,958 0.44
1951 49,360 19,975 9,413 0.47
1961 8,828 0.44


References

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  1. ^ "Clare RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Clare RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Clare RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

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