Lothingland Rural District

{{Short description|Former rural district in East Suffolk, England}}

{{Infobox historic subdivision|

|Name= Lothingland

|HQ=

|Status= Rural district

|Start= 1934

|End= 1974

|Replace= Waveney;
Great Yarmouth

|Map=File:Lothingland RD 1934.png
Location within East Suffolk, 1934

|Image=

}}

Lothingland was a rural district in East Suffolk, England, named after the ancient half-hundred of Lothingland which was merged with Mutford half-hundred in 1763 to form Mutford and Lothingland.{{cite book|title=History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk|author=William White|date=1844|page=480|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgxIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA480}}

The rural district was formed in 1934 by the merger of most of Mutford and Lothingland Rural District along with part of Blything Rural District, both of which were being abolished. {{cite web|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth|title=Lothingland RD through time: Census tables with data for the Local Government District|website=A Vision of Britain through Time|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153130|accessdate=10 Jul 2017}} It covered a coastal area between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.

The district was administered from offices in Rectory Road, Lowestoft. The site is now occupied by Kingswear Court.

The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and split between the new districts of the borough of Great Yarmouth (in Norfolk) and Waveney (in Suffolk).

Statistics

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" \| Year ! colspan="2" \| Area{{cite web\|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth\|title=Lothingland RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)\|website=A Vision of Britain through Time\|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153130/cube/AREA_ACRES\|accessdate=10 Jul 2017}} ! rowspan="2" \| Population {{cite web\|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth\|title=Lothingland RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population\|website=A Vision of Britain through Time\|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153130/cube/TOT_POP\|accessdate=10 Jul 2017}} ! rowspan="2" \| Density (pop/ha)
acres ! ha
1951	style="text-align:right;" rowspan="2" \| 44,675	style="text-align:right;" rowspan="2" \| 18,080	style="text-align:right;" \| 14,716	style="text-align:right;" \| 0.81
1961	style="text-align:right;" \| 16,034	style="text-align:right;" \| 0.89

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="2" | Area{{cite web|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth|title=Lothingland RD through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres)|website=A Vision of Britain through Time|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153130/cube/AREA_ACRES|accessdate=10 Jul 2017}}

! rowspan="2" | Population
{{cite web|publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth|title=Lothingland RD through time: Population Statistics: Total Population|website=A Vision of Britain through Time|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153130/cube/TOT_POP|accessdate=10 Jul 2017}}

! rowspan="2" | Density
(pop/ha)

acres

! ha

1951

style="text-align:right;" rowspan="2" | 44,675

style="text-align:right;" rowspan="2" | 18,080

style="text-align:right;" | 14,716

style="text-align:right;" | 0.81

1961

style="text-align:right;" | 16,034

style="text-align:right;" | 0.89