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{{Short description|Former local government district in England}}
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'''St Edmundsbury''' was a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in [[Suffolk]], England. It was named after its main town, [[Bury St Edmunds]]. The second town in the district was [[Haverhill, Suffolk|Haverhill]]. The population of the district was 111,008 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6275256&c=St+Edmundsbury&d=13&e=62&g=6466598&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471285718791&enc=1|title=Local Authority population 2011|access-date=15 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] (along with the abolition of the county of [[West Suffolk (county)|West Suffolk]]) by the merger of the Borough of [[Bury St Edmunds#Administrative history|Bury St Edmunds]], [[Haverhill Urban District]], [[Clare Rural District]] and [[Thingoe Rural District]].

[[File:Register Office, Bury St Edmunds.jpg|thumb|left|Borough Offices, Angel Hill]]
Until March 2009, its main offices were in Bury St Edmunds (Angel Hill and Western Way). Thereafter, a purpose-built complex named [[West Suffolk House]] housed both St Edmundsbury and Suffolk County Council staff.<ref>[http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/new/westsuffolkhouse.cfm St Edmundsbury website]</ref>

In 2008, the Council submitted a proposal to the Boundary Commission which would see it as central to a new West Suffolk unitary council.<ref>[http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/new/PR03060802.cfm St Edmundsbury website]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2009-02-24b.1.0|title=[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] – Unitary Authorities: 24 Feb 2009: Westminster Hall debates|website=TheyWorkForYou}}</ref> However, the proposal was rejected and no unitary scheme for Suffolk was adopted.  (For more details see also [[Suffolk]].)

In October 2011, [[St Edmundsbury Borough Council]] and [[Forest Heath District Council]] agreed to have one chief executive, a shared management team and a combined workforce.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/politics/west_suffolk_councils_to_merge_workforces_in_move_to_save_cash_1_1109692|title=West Suffolk: Councils to merge workforces in move to save cash|work=[[East Anglian Daily Times]]|date=27 October 2011|access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

St Edmundsbury and Forest Heath were merged on 1 April 2019 to form the new [[West Suffolk (district)|West Suffolk]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/639/contents/made|title=The West Suffolk (Local Government Changes) Order 2018|author=Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government|date=24 May 2018|access-date=12 August 2018|website=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>

==List of communities==
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*[[Ampton]]
*[[Bardwell, Suffolk|Bardwell]]
*[[Barnardiston]]
*[[Barnham, Suffolk|Barnham]]
*[[Barningham, Suffolk|Barningham]]
*[[Barrow, Suffolk|Barrow]]
*[[Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield]]
*[[Bradfield St Clare]]
*[[Bradfield St George]]
*[[Brockley, Suffolk|Brockley]]
*[[Bury St Edmunds]]
*[[Cavendish, Suffolk|Cavendish]]
*[[Chedburgh]]
*[[Chevington, Suffolk|Chevington]]
*[[Clare, Suffolk|Clare]]
*[[Coney Weston]]
*[[Cowlinge]]
*[[Culford]]
*[[Denham, St Edmundsbury|Denham]]
*[[Denston]]
*[[Depden]]
*[[Euston, Suffolk|Euston]]
*[[Fakenham Magna]]
*[[Flempton]]
*[[Fornham All Saints]]
*[[Fornham St Genevieve]]
*[[Fornham St Martin]]
*[[Great Barton]]
*[[Great Bradley]]
*[[Great Livermere]]
*[[Great Thurlow]]
*[[Great Whelnetham]]
*[[Great Wratting]]
*[[Hargrave, Suffolk|Hargrave]]
*[[Haverhill, Suffolk|Haverhill]]
*[[Hawkedon]]
*[[Hawstead]]
*[[Hengrave]]
*[[Hepworth, Suffolk|Hepworth]]
*[[Honington, Suffolk|Honington]]
*[[Hopton, Suffolk|Hopton]]
*[[Horringer]]
*[[Hundon]]
*[[Ickworth]]
*[[Ingham, Suffolk|Ingham]]
*[[Ixworth]]
*[[Ixworth Thorpe]]
*[[Kedington]]
*[[Knettishall]]
*[[Lackford]]
*[[Lidgate]]
*[[Little Bradley]]
*[[Little Livermere]]
*[[Little Thurlow]]
*[[Little Whelnetham]]
*[[Little Wratting]]
*[[Market Weston]]
*[[Nowton]]
*[[Ousden]]
*[[Pakenham, Suffolk|Pakenham]]
*[[Poslingford]]
*[[Rede, Suffolk|Rede]]
*[[Risby, Suffolk|Risby]]
*[[Rushbrooke with Rougham]]
*[[Sapiston]]
*[[Stansfield]]
*[[Stanton, Suffolk|Stanton]]
*[[Stoke-by-Clare]]
*[[Stradishall]]
*[[The Saxhams]]
*[[Thelnetham]]
*[[Timworth]]
*[[Troston]]
*[[West Stow]]
*[[Westley, Suffolk|Westley]]
*[[Whepstead]]
*[[Wickhambrook]]
*[[Withersfield]]
*[[Wixoe]]
*[[Wordwell]]
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==Freedom of the Borough==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] of St Edmundsbury.

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===Individuals===
* Ronald Hartley: 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/former-haverhill-councillor-ron-hartley-12119775|title=Former Haverhill councillor Ron Hartley dies at 90|first=Hannah|last=Mirsky|date=3 November 2016|website=CambridgeshireLive}}</ref>

===Military Units===
* [[Third Air Force|3rd Air Force]], [[United States Air Force|USAF]]: 2000.
* The [[Normandy Veterans' Association]] (Bury St Edmunds and District Branch No35): 2004.
* 1st Battalion The [[Royal Anglian Regiment]]: 2006.
* [[3 Regiment Army Air Corps|3 Regiment]] [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] ([[Wattisham Airfield|Wattisham]]): 2010.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/Council/Whos_who/upload/Freedom-of-the-Borough.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921034556/http://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/Council/Whos_who/upload/Freedom-of-the-Borough.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 September 2015|title=Freedom of the Borough
|website=www.westsuffolk.gov.uk}} </ref>

==Arms==
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|escutcheon = Azure a representation of the sword in its scabbard of the St Edmundsbury Borough Council Proper between in fess two pairs of arrows each in saltire points downwards Argent enfiling an ancient crown Or.
|crest = On a wreath of the colours upon a grassy mount a wolf sejant Proper resting the dexter paw upon a king's head couped at the neck also crowned Or.
|mantling = Gules doubled Argent.
|supporters = Dexter a lion chevronny Or and Gules charged on the shoulder with a roundel Gules fretty Or sinister an ounce Sable bezanty gorged with a collar compony counter compony Argent and Azure and charged on the shoulder with a roundel Or fretty Sable.
|motto = Sacrarium Regis Cunabula Legis (Shrine of the King Cradle of the Law)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://civicheraldry.co.uk/east_of_england.html |publisher=Civic Heraldry of England |title=East of England |accessdate=9 March 2021}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[St Edmundsbury local elections]]

==References==
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{{Former local government areas in Suffolk}}

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