The Deanery of Thingoe

In the Diocese of

St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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