Cosford Rural District

Cosford Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of West Suffolk, England. It was created in 1894 out of the earlier Cosford rural sanitary district, except for Hadleigh parish which was made a separate urban district. Only minor adjustments were made to its boundary in the reorganisation of 1935.^[1] It was named after the historic hundred of Cosford, although the rural district covered a significantly larger area that included most of Cosford hundred (with the notable exception of Hadleigh) and part of the neighbouring hundred of Babergh.

Cosford
Location within West Suffolk, 1894
History
• Created	1894
• Abolished	1974
• Succeeded by	Babergh
Status	Rural district

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the local government district of Babergh.

Parishes

Cosford RD contained the parishes of

1. Aldham,
2. Bildeston,
3. Boxford,
4. Brent Eleigh,
5. Brettenham,
6. Chelsworth,
7. Cockfield,
8. Edwardstone,
9. Elmsett,
10. Groton,
11. Hadleigh Hamlet (abolished 1935),
12. Hitcham,
13. Kersey,
14. Kettlebaston,
15. Lavenham,
16. Layham,
17. Lindsey,
18. Milden,
19. Monks Eleigh,
20. Nedging with Naughton (2 parishes before 1935),
21. Polstead,
22. Preston St Mary,
23. Semer,
24. Thorpe Morieux,
25. Wattisham
26. Whatfield.

Statistics

Year	Area[2]		Population [3]	Density (pop/ha)
	acres	ha
1911	48,573	19,657	11,808	0.60
1921			10,392	0.53
1931			9,551	0.49
1951	48,530	19,640	9,536	0.49
1961	48,529	19,639	9,068	0.46