Bumpstead Rural District

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

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. 1 2 3 4 Youngs, Frederic A, Jr. (1979). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.I: Southern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 602. ISBN 0-901050-67-9.
  2. "Steeple Bumpstead". Kelly's Directory of Essex. 1914. p. 590. Retrieved 2009-04-12.

Coordinates: 52°03′N 0°28′E / 52.05°N 0.47°E / 52.05; 0.47

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