Marshland Rural District
# Marshland Rural District

Marshland Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Marshland rural sanitary district, and was named after the Freebridge Marshland hundred. It covered an area to the west of King's Lynn on the borders of Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely.

In 1930 a new parish of Nordelph was created in Downham RD, taking land mostly out of the Marshland RD parishes of Upwell and Outwell.

During the period 1933-1935 it absorbed most of the area of the disbanded Walsoken Urban District, with other minor boundary changes.

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

## Statistics

| Year | Area (ha) | Population | Density (pop/ha) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1911 | 22,085 | 12,382 | 0.56 |
| 1921 | 22,085 | 15,589 | 0.71 |
| 1931 | 20,676 | 14,130 | 0.68 |
| 1951 | 22,890 | 16,570 | 0.72 |
| 1961 | 22,890 | 16,994 | 0.74 |

## Parishes

| Parish | From | To | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| Clenchwarton | | | |
| Emneth | | | |
| Marshland St James | 1935 | | Created from parts of 11 parishes |
| Outwell | | | |
| Terrington St Clement | | | |
| Terrington St John | | | |
| Tilney All Saints | | | |
| Tilney St Lawrence | | | |
| Tilney with Islington | | 1935 | Most to Tilney St Lawrence, some to Marshland St James |
| Upwell | | | |
| Walpole St Andrew | | | |
| Walpole St Peter | | | |
| Walsoken | 1934 | | Previously Walsoken UD |
| West Walton | | | |
