Swaffham Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974.
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.
Statistics Year Area (ha) Population Density(pop/ha)1911 30,172 7,571 0.251921 7,237 0.241931 6,769 0.221951 37,724 10,606 0.281961 9,164 0.24
Parishes Parish From To Notes Ashill Beachamwell 1935 Merger of Beechamwell and Shingham Beechamwell 1935 Bodney 1935 Added to Hilborough Bradenham 1952 Merger of East Bradenham and West Bradenham Buckenham Tofts 1935 Added to Stanford Caldecote 1935 Added to Oxborough Cockley Cley Colveston 1935 Added to Didlington Cranwich 1935 Formerly Thetford RD Didlington East Bradenham 1952 Component of Bradenham Foulden Gooderstone Great Cressingham Hilborough Holme Hale Houghton on the Hill 1935 Added to North Pickenham Ickburgh Langford 1935 Added to Ickburgh Little Cressingham Lynford 1935 Formerly Thetford RD (including Santon and West Tofts) Mundford 1935 Formerly Thetford RD Narborough Narford Necton Newton by Castle Acre North Pickenham Oxborough Saham Toney Shingham 1935 Component of Beachamwell South Acre South Pickenham Sporle with Palgrave Stanford Sturston 1935 Formerly Thetford RD Threxton 1935 Added to Little Cressingham Weeting with Broomhill 1935 Formerly Thetford RD West Bradenham 1952 Component of Bradenham
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