Plomesgate 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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 ...
within the administrative county of
East Suffolk between 1894 and 1934.
History
The district had its origins in the Plomesgate
Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835. It was named after the historic
hundred of
Plomesgate Plomesgate is a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of .
Plomesgate Hundred comprises the historic ports of Aldeburgh and Orford, the medieval market town of Saxmundham and twenty other parishes in the east of the county. It forms a strip around 14&nbs ...
, although it covered a significantly larger area that included most, but not all, of the historic hundred. A workhouse was built to serve the poor law union in 18361837 on Chapel Lane in
Wickham Market
Wickham Market is a large village and electoral ward situated in the River Deben valley of Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area.
It is on the A12 trunk road north-east of the county town of Ipswich, north-east of Wood ...
. In 1872,
sanitary districts were established, with responsibility for public health and local government given to the
boards of guardians
Boards of guardians were ''ad hoc'' authorities that administered Poor Law in the United Kingdom from 1835 to 1930.
England and Wales
Boards of guardians were created by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, replacing the parish overseers of the poor ...
of poor law unions for areas without urban authorities. The Plomesgate Rural Sanitary District initially covered the same area as the Plomesgate Poor Law Union, but in 1885 the town of
Aldeburgh became a
municipal borough and thereafter formed its own urban sanitary district.
Under the
Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts on 28 December 1894. Plomesgate Rural District Council held its first meeting on 31 December 1894 at the Plomesgate Union Workhouse (later known as Plomesgate House) in Wickham Market. George Walker, the previous chairman of the board of guardians, was appointed the first chairman of the council. Plomesgate House served as the council's meeting place throughout the period the council existed.
In 1900 the parish of
Saxmundham was made an
urban district
Urban district may refer to:
* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...
, removing it from the Plomesgate Rural District.
In 1934, under a
County Review Order
The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales.
The Act abolished the system of poor law unions in England and Wales and their boar ...
, Plomesgate Rural District was abolished and most of its parishes transferred to the new
Blyth and
Deben Rural Districts. The parish of
Kenton Kenton may refer to:
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*Kenton-on-Sea
United Kingdom
*Kenton, Devon
*Kenton, London
**Kenton station, Kenton Road, Kenton, London
*Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
*Kenton, Suffolk
**Kenton ra ...
, which was detached from the rest of the Plomesgate Rural District, became part of
Hartismere Rural District
Hartismere Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk, England. It was expanded in 1934 by merging with the disbanded Hoxne Rural District with a slight readjustment of boundaries. It was named after the ancient Hundred ...
. The parish of
Hazlewood
Hazlewood is a hamlet in the English county of North Yorkshire.
Hazlewood lies to the east of the town of Skipton by and is located some two miles east of (across the River Wharfe from) Bolton Abbey
Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale, Nort ...
was abolished at the same time, being split between the parish of Friston (which went to Blyth Rural District) and the borough of Aldeburgh.
Statistics
Parishes
Plomesgate Rural District comprised the following
civil parishes:
References
History of Suffolk
Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894
Rural districts of England
{{Former local government areas in Suffolk