Swaffham Rural District

Position within Norfolk, 1894
Position within Norfolk, 1894

Boundaries in 1894
Position within Norfolk, 1935
Position within Norfolk, 1935

Boundaries in 1935

Swaffham Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974.[1]

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Swaffham rural sanitary district. It almost completely encircled Swaffham Urban District.

In 1935 it took in a small part of Downham Rural District to complete the encirclement of urban Swaffham. It also took in the central section of the disbanded Thetford Rural District.

In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the Breckland district.

  1. ^ "Swaffham 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 26 June 2017.