Cosford Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of West Suffolk, England. It was created in 1894 out of the earlier Cosford rural sanitary district, except for Hadleigh parish which was made a separate urban district. Only minor adjustments were made to its boundary in the reorganisation of 1935. It was named after the historic hundred of Cosford, although the rural district covered a significantly larger area that included most of Cosford hundred (with the notable exception of Hadleigh) and part of the neighbouring hundred of Babergh.
Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the local government district of Babergh.
Parishes Cosford RD contained the parishes of
Statistics Year Area Population Density(pop/ha) acres ha1911 48,573 19,657 11,808 0.601921 10,392 0.531931 9,551 0.491951 48,530 19,640 9,536 0.491961 48,529 19,639 9,068 0.46
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