Borough of St Edmundsbury

St Edmundsbury was a local government district and borough in Suffolk, England. It was named after its main town, Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district is Haverhill. The population of the district was 111,008 at the 2011 Census.[1]

St Edmundsbury

Borough of St Edmundsbury
Borough & Non-metropolitan district
St Edmundsbury shown within Suffolk
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast of England
Non-metropolitan countySuffolk
StatusNon-metropolitan district
Admin HQBury St Edmunds
Incorporated1 April 1974
Abolished31 March 2019
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district council
 • BodySt Edmundsbury Borough Council
 • LeadershipLeader (Cllr John Griffiths) & Cabinet (Conservative)
 • MPsMatthew Hancock
Jo Churchill
James Cartlidge
Area
 • Total253.7 sq mi (657.0 km2)
Area rank(of 317)
Population
 (mid-2019 est.)
 • Rank(of 317)
 • Ethnicity
98.0% White
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Succeeded byWest Suffolk District Council
ONS code42UF (ONS)
E07000204 (GSS)
OS grid referenceTL8406364939
Websitewww.westsuffolk.gov.uk

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 (along with the abolition of the county of West Suffolk) by the merger of the Borough of Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill Urban District, Clare Rural District and Thingoe Rural District.

Until March 2009, its main offices were in Bury St Edmunds (Angel Hill and Western Way). Thereafter, a purpose-built complex, West Suffolk House housed both St Edmundsbury and Suffolk County Council staff.[2]

In 2008, the Council submitted a proposal to the Boundary Commission which would see it as central to a new West Suffolk unitary council.[3][4] However, the proposal was rejected and no unitary scheme for Suffolk was adopted. (For more details see also Suffolk.)

In October 2011, St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Forest Heath District Council agreed to have one chief executive, a shared management team and a combined workforce.[5]

St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath were merged on 1 April 2019 to form the new West Suffolk district.[6]

List of communities

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of St Edmundsbury.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Individuals

Military Units

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See also
  • St Edmundsbury local elections

References
  1. "Local Authority population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. St Edmundsbury website
  3. St Edmundsbury website
  4. They work for you.com
  5. "West Suffolk: Councils to merge workforces in move to save cash". East Anglian Daily Times. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (24 May 2018). "The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/former-haverhill-councillor-ron-hartley-12119775
  8. https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/Council/Whos_who/upload/Freedom-of-the-Borough.pdf
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