Thingoe Rural District

Thingoe Rural District was a rural district in the county of West Suffolk, England. It was created in 1894. On 1 April 1935 the parish of Depden was transferred to the Clare Rural District. On the same date the district was enlarged by the transfer of the civil parishes of Barnham, Barningham, Coney Weston, Euston, Fakenham Magna, Hepworth, Honington, Hopton, Knettishall, Market Weston, Sapiston, and Thelnetham from the disbanded Brandon Rural District.

It was named after the ancient Hundred of Thingoe ("thing-hoe" - "assembly-mound") and administered from Bury St Edmunds, which it surrounded.

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the Borough of St Edmundsbury.

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 58 civil parishes.

Ampton Fakenham Magna Hopton
Bardwell Flempton Horringer Risby
Barnham Fornham All Saints Ickworth Rougham
Barningham Fornham St Genevieve Ingham Rushbrooke
Barrow Fornham St Martin Ixworth Sapiston
Bradfield Combust Great Barton Ixworth Thorpe Stanningfield
Bradfield St Clare Great Livermere Knettishall Stanton
Bradfield St George Great Saxham Lackford Thelnetham
Brockley Great Whelnetham Little Livermere Timworth
Chedburgh Hardwick Little Saxham Troston
Chevington Hargrave Little Whelnetham Westley
Coney Weston Hawstead Market Weston West Stow
Culford Hengrave Nowton Whepstead
Denham St Mary Hepworth Pakenham Wordwell
Euston Honington Rede

Coordinates: 52°13′N 0°38′E / 52.22°N 0.63°E / 52.22; 0.63

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