Walsingham Rural District

Walsingham Rural District was a rural district in the county of Norfolk, England. It was created in 1894. On 1 April 1935 it was enlarged by the addition of the parishes of Hindolveston, Thurning, Wood Norton (from the disbanded Aylsham Rural District) and Briston (from the Erpingham Rural District).^[2] On 1 April 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and has since formed part of the District of North Norfolk.

Walsingham
Boundaries from 1935
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	North Norfolk
Status	Rural district
• HQ	Fakenham
Coat of arms of the rural district council[1]

Statistics

Year	Area (ha) [3]	Population [4]	Density (pop/ha)
1911	32,374	17,250	0.53
1921		16,214	0.50
1931		15,815	0.49
1951	35,944	22,893	0.64
1961		20,890	0.58

Parishes

Parish	From	To	Notes
Alethorpe		1935	Added to Little Snoring
Bale		1935	Added to Gunthorpe
Barney		1935	Component of Fulmodeston
Barsham	1935		Merger of East, North & West Barsham and Houghton St Giles
Binham
Blakeney
Briningham
Brinton
Briston	1935		Formerly Erpingham RD
Cockthorpe		1935	Added to Binham
Dunton	1935		Merger of Dunton cum Doughton, Shereford & Toftrees
Dunton cum Doughton		1935	Component of Dunton
East Barsham		1935	Component of Barsham
East Raynham		1935	Component of Raynham
Egmere		1935	Added to Great Walsingham
Fakenham
Field Dalling
Fulmodeston	1935		Merger of Barney, Fulmodeston cum Croxton & Thursford
Fulmodeston cum Croxton		1935	Component of Fulmodeston
Great Ryburgh
Great Snoring
Great Walsingham
Gunthorpe
Helhoughton
Hempton
Hindolveston	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD
Hindringham
Holkham
Houghton St Giles		1935	Component of Barsham
Kettlestone
Langham
Little Ryburgh
Little Snoring
Little Walsingham
Melton Constable
Morston
North Barsham		1935	Component of Barsham
Pensthorpe		1935	Added to Kettlestone
Pudding Norton
Quarles		1935	Added to Great Walsingham
Raynham	1935		Merger of East, South & West Raynham
Saxlingham		1935	Added to Field Dalling
Sculthorpe
Sharrington		1935	Added to Brinton
Shereford		1935	Component of Dunton
South Raynham		1935	Component of Raynham
Stibbard
Stiffkey
Swanton Novers
Tatterford		1935	Added to Tattersett
Tattersett
Testerton		1935	Added to Pudding Norton
Thurning	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD
Thursford			From 1935 to 1950 part of Fulmodeston
Toftrees		1935	Component of Dunton
Warham
West Barsham		1935	Component of Barsham
West Raynham		1935	Component of Raynham
Wighton
Wiveton
Wood Norton	1935		Formerly Aylsham RD

References

1. "Walsingham - Coat of arms (crest) of Walsingham". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
2. "Walsingham 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 30 June 2017.
3. "Walsingham RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
4. "Walsingham RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

52.90°N 0.94°E / 52.90; 0.94