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What was Thingoe?
Thingoe Rural District was a
rural district in the
county of
West Suffolk,
England. It was created in
1894. On
April 1,
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
April 1,
1974 it has formed part of the Borough of
St Edmundsbury.
What is Thingoe now?
Thingoe is the name for the grouping of Church of
England Parishes in and around Bury St Edmunds.
This grouping is known as The Thingoe Deanery whose
officers are as follows:
Rural Dean: Reverend Alan Gates. 01284 787274
Lay Chair:. Mrs Margaret Steavenson. 01284 753698
Deanery Secretary: Mrs Olivia Arthur. 01284
760843
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