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St Edmundsbury Borough of St Edmundsbury | |
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 West Suffolk House in Bury St Edmunds, the seat of the council | |
 St Edmundsbury shown within Suffolk | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Suffolk |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Bury St Edmunds |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Abolished | 31 March 2019 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | St Edmundsbury Borough Council |
| • Leadership | ( ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 253.7 sq mi (657.0 km2) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 113,700 |
| • Density | 448.2/sq mi (173.1/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.0% White |
| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Succeeded by | West Suffolk |
| ONS code | 42UF (ONS) E07000204 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL8406364939 |
| Website | www.westsuffolk.gov.uk |
St Edmundsbury was alocal government district withborough status inSuffolk, England. It was named after its main town,Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district wasHaverhill. The population of the district was 111,008 at the 2011 Census.[1]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972 (along with the abolition of the county ofWest Suffolk) by the merger of the Borough ofBury St Edmunds,Haverhill Urban District,Clare Rural District andThingoe Rural District.
Until March 2009, its main offices were in Bury St Edmunds (Angel Hill and Western Way). Thereafter, a purpose-built complex namedWest Suffolk House housed both St Edmundsbury and Suffolk County Council staff.[2]
In 2008, the Council submitted a proposal to the Boundary Commission which would see it as central to a new West Suffolk unitary council.[3][4] However, the proposal was rejected and no unitary scheme for Suffolk was adopted. (For more details see alsoSuffolk.)
In October 2011,St Edmundsbury Borough Council andForest Heath District Council agreed to have one chief executive, a shared management team and a combined workforce.[5]
St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath were merged on 1 April 2019 to form the newWest Suffolk district.[6]
The following people and military units have received theFreedom of the Borough of St Edmundsbury.
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