East Suffolk

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East Suffolk
arms of East Suffolk County Council
East Suffolk shown with 1965-1974 boundaries.
Geography
Status Administrative county
1911 area 549,241 acres (2,222.70 km²)
1961 area 547,397 acres (2,215.24 km²)
HQ Ipswich
History
Created 1889
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Suffolk, with a small part transferred to Norfolk
Demography
1901 population 189,170
1971 population 258,054

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 was in Ipswich, which was a county borough in its own right.

East Suffolk was abolished in 1974 when most of the county was merged with West Suffolk and the county borough of Ipswich to form the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk. A small part of East Suffolk was included into Norfolk in 1974.

[edit] Subdivisions

From 1894 the administrative county was divided into municipal boroughs, urban districts and rural districts:

The rural districts were further subdivided into civil parishes.

[edit] References

  • Vision of Britain: East Suffolk [1]