Loddon and Clavering Rural District

Loddon and Clavering Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1935,^[1] continuing, with very slight boundary changes, as Loddon Rural District until 1974.^[2]

Position within Norfolk, 1935 Boundaries in 1935

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Loddon and Clavering rural sanitary district, and took its name from the ancient hundreds of Loddon and Clavering. It lay in the south-east corner of the county.

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

Statistics

Year	Area (ha) [3] [4]	Population [5] [6]	Density (pop/ha)
1911	24,392	12,550	0.51
1921		12,135	0.50
1931		11,822	0.48
1951	24,446	12,581	0.51
1961		12,113	0.50

Parishes

Parish	From	To	Notes
Aldeby
Alpington
Ashby St Mary
Bedingham
Bergh Apton
Brooke
Broome
Burgh St Peter
Carleton St Peter
Chedgrave
Claxton
Ditchingham
Ellingham
Geldeston
Gillingham
Haddiscoe
Hales
Hardley		1935	Component of Langley with Hardley
Heckingham
Hedenham
Hellington
Howe
Kirby Cane
Kirstead
Langley		1935	See next
Langley with Hardley	1935		Merger
Loddon
Mundham
Norton Subcourse
Raveningham
Seething
Sisland
Stockton
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe		1935	Added to Haddiscoe
Thurlton
Thurton
Thwaite
Toft Monks
Topcroft
Wheatacre
Woodton
Yelverton