Bumpstead Rural District

Bumpstead
Geography
Status Rural district
1901 area 11,874 acres (48.05 km2)
1911 area 11,874 acres (48.05 km2)
1931 area 11,873 acres (48.05 km2)
HQ Kedington
History
Created 1894
Abolished 1934
Succeeded by Halstead Rural District
Demography
1891 population 2,886
1901 population 2,541
1931 population 2,306

Bumpstead was a rural district in the administrative county of Essex, England from 1894 to 1934.[1]

Formation

The rural district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of Risbridge Rural Sanitary District that was in Essex (the rest forming the Clare Rural District in West Suffolk). A directly-elected rural district council (RDC) replaced the rural sanitary authority, which consisted of the poor law guardians for the area.

The rural district initially covered the following parishes:.[1]

In 1895 the Essex portion of Kedington was transferred to Clare Rural District, West Suffolk.[1] Meetings of the Bumpstead RDC continued to be held in Kedington, however.[2]

Bumpstead Rural District was abolished in 1934 by a County Review Order and merged into the Halstead Rural District.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 602. ISBN 0901050679. 
  2. ^ "Steeple Bumpstead". Kelly's Directory of Essex. 1914. p. 590. http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/makepdf.asp?fn=E:\ZYIMAGE\DATA\HISTDIR\TIF\BCL801~1\000032NW.TIF. Retrieved 2009-04-12.