West Suffolk was an administrative county of England created in 1889 from part of the county of Suffolk . It survived until 1974 when it was rejoined with East Suffolk . Its county town was Bury St Edmunds .
6-606: West Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: West Suffolk (county) , a county until 1974 West Suffolk District , a local government district established in 2019 West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency) , an electoral district created in 1997 West Suffolk College , a college in Bury St Edmunds the western part of Suffolk See also [ edit ] Suffolk (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
12-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages West Suffolk (county) Before the introduction of county councils , Suffolk had been divided into eastern and western divisions, each with their own quarter sessions . The western division corresponded to the Liberty of Saint Edmund . This area had been established by Edward the Confessor in 1044 and
18-475: The emblem of St Edmund: crossed arrows through an open crown were added. The motto adopted was For King, Law and People , referring to the association of Magna Carta with Bury. Shortly before its abolition the West Suffolk County Council commissioned Elisabeth Frink to sculpt a statue of St Edmund to commemorate the end of 970 years of independent administration of the area. The statue, in
24-410: The grounds of the abbey of Bury St Edmunds, was completed in 1976. From 1894 the administrative county was divided into municipal boroughs , urban districts and rural districts : The rural districts were further subdivided into civil parishes . On 1 April 2019 a West Suffolk district was established by the merger of Forest Heath district and St Edmundsbury borough. The new district covers
30-460: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title West Suffolk . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Suffolk&oldid=1074991170 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-528: Was a separate jurisdiction under the control of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries . This history was reflected in the coat of arms of the county council. The council initially adopted the attributed arms of Edward the Confessor: a cross patonce between five martlets . When the council received an official grant of arms from the College of Arms in 1959, abbots' mitres and
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