Deben Rural District was a rural district

Rural district

Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...

 in the county

County

A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...

 of East Suffolk

East Suffolk

East Suffolk, along with West Suffolk, was created in 1888 as an administrative county of England. The administrative county was based on the eastern quarter sessions division of Suffolk...

, England. It was created in 1934 by the merger of parts of

the disbanded Bosemere and Claydon Rural District, the disbanded Plomesgate Rural District and the disbanded Woodbridge Rural District, under a County Review Order

Local Government Act 1929

The Local Government Act 1929 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made changes to the Poor Law and local government in England and Wales....

.

It was named after the River Deben

River Deben

The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising in Debenham -to be precise it has two main sources but the others are mostly fields runoff then , passes through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry...

 and administered from Woodbridge

Woodbridge, Suffolk

Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with...

. On 1 April 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

, and has since formed part of the District of Suffolk Coastal

Suffolk Coastal

Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Woodbridge. Other towns include Felixstowe.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe,...

.

At the time of its dissolution it consisted of the following 66 civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

es.

• Alderton
  Alderton, Suffolk
  Alderton is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about six miles north of Felixstowe, 10 miles south-east of Woodbridge and 2 miles south of Hollesley, on the North Sea coast and in the heart of Heaths of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 2007 its population...
  
  
• Bawdsey
  Bawdsey
  Bawdsey is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, eastern England. Located near Felixstowe, it had an estimated population of 340 in 2007.Bawdsey Manor is notable as the place where radar research took place early in World War II, before moving to Worth Matravers, which is four miles to the west of...
  
  
• Blaxhall
  Blaxhall
  Blaxhall is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England.Located around west of Aldeburgh, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220.-External links:*...
  
  
• Boulge
  Boulge
  Boulge is a hamlet and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England. It is about north of Woodbridge.Boulge church is the burial place of famous local poet/writer Edward Fitzgerald, whose most famous work was the translation The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.-External links:*...
  
  
• Boyton
  Boyton, Suffolk
  Boyton is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles east of Woodbridge, and close to Orford Ness....
  
  
• Bredfield
  Bredfield
  Bredfield is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is situated just off the A12, two miles north of Woodbridge. Another village, Dallinghoo, is to the north, and to the west is Boulge, a small hamlet...
  
  
• Brightwell
  Brightwell, Suffolk
  Brightwell is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It has a place of worship. For transport there is the A12 road nearby. It is near the large town of Ipswich. Adjacent parishes include Foxhall, Bucklesham, Martlesham and Newbourne.John...
  
  
• Bromeswell
  Bromeswell
  Bromeswell is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England about 2 miles east of Woodbridge.Bromeswell shows many of the characteristics of a traditional English village. It is one of the most secluded, beautiful spots in Suffolk...
  
  
• Bucklesham
  Bucklesham
  Bucklesham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, a few miles east of Ipswich.The village pub is The Shannon, named after Admiral Brooke's ship....
  
  
• Burgh
  Burgh, Suffolk
  Burgh is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about north-west of Woodbridge.St. Boltoph's church stands near the site of a Roman villa that stretches towards Clopton churchyard...
  
  
• Butley
  Butley, Suffolk
  Butley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.Butley lies east of the town of Woodbridge on the B1084 road. Administratively, Butley forms part of the Suffolk Coastal district; from 1934 to 1974 it had been part of the former Deben Rural District.- External links :**...
  
  
• Campsea Ashe
  Campsea Ashe
  Campsea Ashe is a village in Suffolk, England located approximately north east of Woodbridge and south west of Saxmundham.The village is served by Wickham Market railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line....
  
  
• Capel St. Andrew
• Charsfield
  Charsfield
  Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of approximately 250 residents, from Wickham Market, miles from Woodbridge and miles from Ipswich and is located near the villages of Debach and Dallinghoo...
  
  
• Chillesford
  Chillesford
  Chillesford is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the B1084 road Hertfords Place, which runs east to west....
  
  
• Clopton
  Clopton, Suffolk
  Clopton is a village in Suffolk. It is located between Ipswich and Debenham two kilometres north of Grundisburgh on the River Lark. A road with houses on each side is the extent of the village, surrounded by farm land....
  
  
• Cretingham
  Cretingham
  Cretingham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is on the River Deben, 2 miles south off the A1120 road...
  
  
• Culpho
  Culpho
  Culpho is a hamlet of about 40 people standing just outside Grundisburgh, Suffolk, about four miles west of Woodbridge. Its nearest villages are Great Bealings and Playford...
  
  
• Dallinghoo
  Dallinghoo
  - Location :Dallinghoo is a village some 3 miles north of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.Formed from Church Road and Pound Hill to the south and branches NE after the centre of the village....
  
  
• Dallinghoo Wield
• Debach
  Debach
  Debach is a small village about 4 miles northwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. At the time of the Domesday Book it was called Debenbeis or Debeis, Depebecs, Debec or Debes...
  
  
• Eyke
  Eyke
  Eyke is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the A1152 road near the town of Woodbridge. Eyke has a primary school, a place of worship and a pub.- References :...
  
  
• Falkenham
  Falkenham
  Falkenham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located near the village of Kirton and the towns of Ipswich and Felixtowe. The parish contains the hamlets of Falkenham Sink and Lower Falkenham. The village has a church called St...
  
  
• Foxhall
  Foxhall, Suffolk
  Foxhall is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, a few miles east of Ipswich. It is adjacent to the parishes of Kesgrave to the north, Martlesham to the north east, Brightwell to the east, Purdis Heath to the south and the borough of Ipswich to the west. The three...
  
  
• Gedgrave
  Gedgrave
  Gedgrave is a small village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 30. It shares a parish council with nearby Orford.-External links:*...
  
  
• Great Bealings
  Great Bealings
  Great Bealings is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has about 310 people living in it, in around 120 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and Woodbridge . Nearby villages include Little Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Hasketon and Grundisburgh...
  
  
• Grundisburgh
  Grundisburgh
  Grundisburgh is a village of more than 1,530 residents situated in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coastal district, six miles north-east from Ipswich and four miles north-west of Woodbridge located on the B1079. Flowing through the village are the rivers Lark and Gull...
  
  
• Hasketon
  Hasketon
  Hasketon is a small village in Suffolk, England.Its church, St. Andrews, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. St. Andrews stands more or less at the centre of its scattered parish, and is set in a tree-shaded churchyard which, in 1845, had been planted with beech, fir and...
  
  
• Havergate Island
  Havergate Island
  Havergate Island is the only island in the county of Suffolk, England. It is found at the confluence of the River Ore and the River Butley near the village of Orford. It is a marshy nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and is known for its population of avocets and...
  
  
• Hemley
  Hemley
  Hemley is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located near the River Deben. Nearby settlements include the large town of Ipswich and the villages of Waldringfield and Newbourne. Hemley has a place of worship...
  
  
• Hollesley
  Hollesley
  Hollesley is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the Bawdsey peninsula five miles south-east of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 1,400.Hollesley Bay Prison is located nearby....
  
  
• Hoo
  Hoo, Suffolk
  Hoo is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Wickham Market and the villages of Kettleburgh, Charsfield and Letheringham.- References :...
  
  
• Iken
  Iken
  Iken is a small village and civil parish in the marshlands of the English county of Suffolk.It is near the estuary of the River Alde on the North Sea coast and is located south east of Snape and due north of Orford....
  
  
• Kesgrave
  Kesgrave
  Kesgrave is a small town in the English county of Suffolk on the northern edge of Ipswich.-Early history:The town was recorded as Gressgrava in the Domesday Book, by the late 15th century its name had become Kesgrave...
  
  
• Kirton
  Kirton, Suffolk
  Kirton is a village and a civil parish in Suffolk, England, situated off the A14 road, close to Felixstowe....
  
  
• Letheringham
  Letheringham
  Letheringham is a sparsely populated civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal in Suffolk, England, on the Deben River.-Sights:St Mary is a tiny church, the remains of the tower and nave of a Priory church, and sits in a farmyard...
  
  
• Levington
  Levington
  Levington is a small village in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the county of Suffolk. Levington has a church called St Peters Church and a pub. It is near the large town of Ipswich and the village of Nacton. A viking ship was once found in Levington....
  
  
• Little Bealings
  Little Bealings
  Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and Woodbridge...
  
  
• Martlesham
  Martlesham
  Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles South-West of Woodbridge and East of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development to the south although both form a...
  
  
• Melton
  Melton, Suffolk
  Melton is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile north east of Woodbridge. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3718. The village is served by Melton railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line....
  
  
• Monewden
  Monewden
  Monewden is a small village and a civil parish in the in the hundred of Loss, in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. Monewden has a church called St. Mary's Church and a meadow called High House Meadows. The nearest town is Wickham Market.- References :*...
  
  
• Nacton
  Nacton
  Nacton is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal region of Suffolk, England, taking its name from the village within it. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Levington to the east and Bucklesham in the north. It is located between the towns of Ipswich and Felixstowe.Nacton abuts...
  
  
• Newbourn
• Orford
  Orford, Suffolk
  Orford is a small town in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.Like many Suffolk coastal towns it was of some importance as a port and fishing village in the Middle Ages. It still has a fine mediaeval castle, built to dominate the River Ore.The main geographical feature of the...
  
  
• Otley
  Otley, Suffolk
  Otley is a village located in the county of Suffolk, England, about eight miles north of Ipswich. The village is home to Otley Hall, a 16th century, Grade I listed house which was historically the seat of the family of Bartholomew Gosnold, and Otley College, offering vocationally focused courses...
  
  
• Pettistree
  Pettistree
  Pettistree is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. Pettistree has a place of worship and 2 pubs. It is just south of the small town of Wickham Market. For transport there is the A12 road nearby....
  
  
• Playford
  Playford, Suffolk
  Playford is a small village in Suffolk, England, on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has about 220 residents in 90 households. The River Fynn runs through the village, and many footpaths from Playford lead into the Fynn Valley. Villages nearby include Rushmere, Little Bealings, Great Bealings, Culpho...
  
  
• Purdis Farm
  Purdis Farm
  Purdis Farm is a small area of Ipswich and a civil parish, in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk.- References :* Suffolk A-Z...
  
  
• Ramsholt
  Ramsholt
  Ramsholt is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is situated on the northern shore of the River Deben.Its church, All Saints, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.It's economy revolves around the pub next to the river dock....
  
  
• Rendlesham
• Rushmere St. Andrew
  Rushmere St. Andrew
  Rushmere St. Andrew is a village and civil parish adjacent to part of the eastern edge of the borough of Ipswich in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes the Ipswich suburbs of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Broke Hall as well as the village of Rushmere St...
  
  
• Shottisham
  Shottisham
  Shottisham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. The village is near the B1083 road. Shottisham has a place of worship, Saint Margaret's Church, a pub and a camp site...
  
  
• Stratton Hall
  Stratton Hall
  Stratton Hall is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 30. It shares a parish council with nearby Levington.-External links:*...
  
  
• Sudbourne
  Sudbourne
  Sudbourne is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located approximately north of Orford.Sudbourne is recognisable for Captain's Wood, a nature reserve owned by Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Crag Farm Pit which is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk. Sudbourne is also...
  
  
• Sutton
  Sutton, Suffolk
  Sutton is a village and a civil parish on the B1083 road, in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Sutton has a pub, a post office and a place of worship. There is also the hamlet of Sutton Street and the Sutton Common estate nearby....
  
  
• Swilland
  Swilland
  Swilland is a village and a civil parish in the ancient hundred of Bosmere-and-Claydon, in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is north of the large town of Ipswich. Swilland has a church called St Mary...
  
  
• Trimley St. Martin
  Trimley St. Martin
  Trimley St. Martin is parish and village between Felixstowe and Ipswich in Suffolk, England.The village, and its neighbour Trimley St. Mary, are famous for their adjacent churches which were built as the result of a historical family feud. St...
  
  
• Trimley St. Mary
  Trimley St. Mary
  Trimley St. Mary is a parish and village between Felixstowe and Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Its eastern border is either the Dock Spur bridge or Spriteshall Lane. History would dictate that Spriteshall lane is the more likely border....
  
  
• Tuddenham St. Martin
  Tuddenham St. Martin
  Tuddenham or Tuddenham St. Martin is a small village within the Suffolk countryside, lying just outside Ipswich, on the River Fynn. The village contains "The Fountain" restaurant as well as the church of St Martin in which lies the final resting place of artist Carl Giles and his wife Joan.The...
  
  
• Tunstall
  Tunstall, Suffolk
  On an Ordnance Survey map of Suffolk, England, there are two settlements named Tunstall next to each other, north east of Woodbridge. However, these are not two separate villages but one, despite the gap between the main village and the hamlet known as Tunstall Common...
  
  
• Ufford
  Ufford, Suffolk
  Ufford is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 808 people.-External links:*...
  
  
• Waldringfield
  Waldringfield
  Waldringfield is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is situated on the bank of the River Deben within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, four miles south of the town of Woodbridge and eight miles east of...
  
  
• Wantisden
  Wantisden
  Wantisden is a small village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Largely consisting of a single farm and ancient woodland , most of its 30 residents live on the farm estate. It shares a parish council with nearby Levington.-External links:*...
  
  
• Westerfield
  Westerfield
  Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England.It is located approximately two miles north of the centre of Ipswich. The village is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line....
  
  
• Wickham Market
  Wickham Market
  Wickham Market is a large village situated in the River Deben valley of Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area.It is on the A12 trunk road thirteen miles north-east of the county town of Ipswich, five miles north-east of Woodbridge. Its railway station is located approximately...
  
  
• Witnesham
  Witnesham
  Witnesham is a village situated roughly to the north of Ipswich, Suffolk. The main road from Ipswich that links the village to the town is the B1077, Westerfield Road....