Blofield and Flegg Rural District

Blofield and East and West Flegg Rural Districts were adjacent rural districts in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1935.^[1][2]

Position within Norfolk, 1894 Boundaries in 1894. Blofield RD in red, East and West Flegg RD yellow.

Position within Norfolk, 1935 Boundaries in 1935

They were formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on rural sanitary districts of the same names, and lay between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. East and West Flegg RD included a detached portion, itself an outlying part of Runham parish.

In 1935 the two districts, with very minor changes around Great Yarmouth, were merged to form Blofield and Flegg Rural District.^[3] Subsequently, changes to the border with Norwich County Borough were made in 1951.

In 1974, the merged district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became mainly part of the Broadland district, with a small part being added to the Borough of Great Yarmouth.

Statistics

Year	Blofield RD			East and West Flegg RD
	Area (ha) [4]	Population [5]	Density (pop/ha)	Area (ha) [6]	Population [7]	Density (pop/ha)
1911	18,528	12,159	0.66	11,732	9,929	0.85
1921		12,410	0.67		10,311	0.88
1931		14,415	0.78		10,159	0.87
	Blofield and Flegg RD[8][9]
1951	30,162	32,113	1.06
1961		34,954	1.16

Parishes

These parishes operated within Blofield and Flegg RD unless otherwise indicated.

Parish	From	To	Notes
Acle			Blofield RD
Ashby with Oby			East and West Flegg RD
Beighton			Blofield RD
Billockby		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Component of Fleggburgh
Blofield			Blofield RD
Brundall			Blofield RD
Burgh St Margaret		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Component of Fleggburgh
Burlingham	1935		Merger of 3 Burlinghams and Lingwood
Burlingham St Andrew		1935	Blofield RD. Component of Burlingham
Burlingham St Edmund		1935	Blofield RD. Component of Burlingham
Burlingham St Peter		1935	Blofield RD. Component of Burlingham
Caister Next Yarmouth		1926	East and West Flegg RD. Divided into East and West Caister
Cantley			Blofield RD
Clippesby		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Component of Fleggburgh
East Caister	1926		East and West Flegg RD. Known as Caister-on-Sea after 1954
East Somerton		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Component of Somerton
Filby			East and West Flegg RD
Fleggburgh	1935		Merger of Billockby, Burgh St Margaret and Clippesby
Freethorpe			Blofield RD
Great and Little Plumstead	1935		Merger
Great Plumstead		1935	Blofield RD. Component of Great and Little Plumstead
Halvergate			Blofield RD
Hassingham		1935	Blofield RD. Added to Strumpshaw
Hemblington			Blofield RD
Hemsby			East and West Flegg RD
Limpenhoe		1935	Blofield RD. Added to Cantley
Lingwood		1935	Blofield RD. Component of Burlingham
Little Plumstead		1935	Blofield RD. Component of Great and Little Plumstead
Martham			East and West Flegg RD
Mautby			East and West Flegg RD
Moulton St Mary		1935	Blofield RD. Divided between Beighton and Reedham
Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby			East and West Flegg RD
Ormesby St Michael			East and West Flegg RD
Postwick			Blofield RD
Ranworth with Panxworth		1935	Blofield RD. Added to Woodbastwick
Reedham			Blofield RD
Repps with Bastwick			East and West Flegg RD
Rollesby			East and West Flegg RD
Runham		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Divided between Mautby and Reedham
Somerton			Merger of East and West Somerton
South Walsham	1897		Merger of 2 South Walsham parishes
South Walsham St Lawrence		1897	Blofield RD. Component of South Walsham
South Walsham St Mary		1897	Blofield RD. Component of South Walsham
Stokesby with Herringby			East and West Flegg RD
Strumpshaw			Blofield RD
Thorpe St Andrew			Blofield RD. Also as Thorpe next Norwich
Thrigby		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Added to Mautby
Thurne			East and West Flegg RD
Tunstall		1935	Blofield RD. Added to Halvergate
Upton with Fishley			Blofield RD
West Caister	1926		East and West Flegg RD
West Somerton		1935	East and West Flegg RD. Component of Somerton
Wickhampton		1935	Blofield RD. Added to Freethorpe
Winterton on Sea			East and West Flegg RD
Witton		1935	Blofield RD. Added to Postwick
Woodbastwick			Blofield RD

References

1. "Blofield RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
2. "East and West Flegg RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
3. "Blofield and Flegg RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
4. "Blofield RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
5. "Blofield RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
6. "East and West Flegg RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
7. "East and West Flegg RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
8. "Blofield and Flegg RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
9. "Blofield and Flegg RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

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