Blyth Rural District was a

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

in East Suffolk,

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, between 1934 and 1974. The rural district was formed by the merger of parts of

Blything Rural District Blything Rural District was a rural district within the administrative county of East Suffolk between 1894 and 1934. Evolution The district had its origins in the Blything Hundred Incorporation, set up in 1764 to administer the poor laws in the ...

and

Plomesgate Rural District Plomesgate Rural District was a rural district within the administrative county of East Suffolk (county), East Suffolk between 1894 and 1934. History The district had its origins in the Plomesgate Poor Law Union, which had been created in 183 ...

with a small parts of Hoxne Rural District, all of which were being abolished. It covered a coastal area north of

Aldeburgh Aldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town in the English county, county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,276 in 2019. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the int ...

and inland parishes around

Saxmundham Saxmundham ( ) is a market town in Suffolk, England, set in the valley of the River Fromus about north-east of Ipswich and west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed by the main A12 road between London and Lowestoft. The town is ser ...

, although both those towns were excluded from the district. Shortly after the district's creation the council built itself an office on Rendham Road in Saxmundham, holding its first meeting in the new building (later known as Blyth House) in April 1935. The district was abolished in 1974 under the

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, and became part of

Suffolk Coastal Suffolk Coastal was a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Melton, having moved from neighbouring Woodbridge in 2017. Other towns include Felixstowe, Framlingham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, and Saxmundham. The ...

district.

Statistics

Parishes

Parishes formerly in

: Formerly in

: Formerly in Hoxne Rural District: *

Badingham Badingham is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of eastern England, in the county of Suffolk. It is situated 21.8 miles (35.1 kilometres) north east of Ipswich, 35 miles away from Norwich and 13 miles away from the coast. With the road ...

, *

Dennington Dennington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is north of Framlingham and north-east of Ipswich in the east of the county. It lies along the A1120 road around west of the road's junction with the main A12 ro ...

, * Saxtead.

References

Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 History of Suffolk {{Former local government areas in Suffolk