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Blackbourn (hundred)
Blackbourn was a hundred of Suffolk, consisting of . Blackbourn hundred was situated in the north-west of Suffolk. Its northern boundary is the Little Ouse forming the border with Norfolk, and the River Lark forms part of its western boundary. The hundred appears in the Domesday Book as ''Blachruna'' and ''Blackebrune'' meaning "black bourn", where a bourn is a stream. The stream in question is that which flows north through Ixworth, Bardwell, and Fakenham Magna Fakenham Magna (or Great Fakenham) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. The meaning of the word Fakenham can be split into two: 'Faken' and 'ham', both of which derive from Old English. ... to the Little Ouse at Euston and is still known as the Black Bourn. Parishes Blackbourn Hundred consisted of the following 34 parishes:1841 Census References {{Authority control Hundreds of Suffolk Blackbourn Hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred (county Subdivision)
A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Southern Schleswig, Sweden, Finland, Norway, the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek, Curonia, the Ukrainian state of the Cossack Hetmanate and in Cumberland County, New South Wales, Cumberland County in the British Colony of New South Wales. It is still used in other places, including in Australia (in South Australia and the Northern Territory). Other terms for the hundred in English and other languages include ''#wapentake, wapentake'', ''herred'' (Danish and Bokmål, Bokmål Norwegian), ''herad'' (Nynorsk, Nynorsk Norwegian), ''hérað'' (Icelandic), ''härad'' or ''hundare'' (Swedish), ''Harde'' (German), ''hiird'' (North Frisian language, North Frisian), ''satakunta'' or ''kihlakunta'' (Finnish), ''kihelkond'' (Estonian), ''kiligunda'' (Livonian), ''cantref'' (Welsh) and ''sotnia'' (Slavic). In Ireland, a similar subdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Ashfield
Great Ashfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, about east of Bury St Edmunds. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village's toponym as ''Eascefelda''. It means "open land where ash-trees grow". west of the village is the overgrown motte of Great Ashfield Castle. Parish church The Church of England parish church of All Saints is built of flint. The oldest parts of the building are 12th-century and the south doorway is 13th-century. The west tower, north aisle and current font were added in the 14th century. In the 15th century new windows were inserted in the nave and the present chancel arch was built. There are also 15th-century benches in the nave. The south porch was added in the 16th century and is built of brick. The altar rails and reredos are 17th-century. The church is a Grade I listed building. The west tower has a ring of five bells. The third and fourth bells were cast at Bury St Edmunds about 1510. John Draper of Thetford cast the tenor bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickinghall
Rickinghall is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is split between two parishes, Rickinghall Inferior and Rickinghall Superior, which join with Botesdale to make a single built-up area. There used to be many pubs, but now only The Bell Inn and The Greyhound (Botesdale) remain. The White Horse was converted to private accommodation in November 2016. Rickinghall was the birthplace of Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada from 1894 to 1896, as well as the life-long home of Basil Brown, the amateur archaeologist who was instrumental in discovering and excavating the Sutton Hoo, Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon Ship Burial and Sutton Hoo helmet, associated treasure in 1939. The adjoining village of Botesdale has one school, St Botolph's CEVCP, which serves Rickinghall, Botesdale, Redgrave and other local villages. Children from this school generally attend the Hartismere High School in Eye from the age of eleven. The Botesdale After School Club op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton, Suffolk
Norton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The name Norton means northern town or farm.Norton Village website Retrieved 2013-01-31. Located close to the A14, its nearest railway station is at , just over away. The closest towns are away and , around away. History ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Weston
Market Weston is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located near the Norfolk border around seven miles east-south-east of Thetford. In 2005 its population was estimated to be 260.Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council 245 people were recorded at 2011 census. The parish also contains the Weston Fen . The village was given a |
Little Livermere
Little Livermere is a village and civil parish in England situated about north of Bury St Edmunds, in an area of Suffolk known as the Breckland. The population at the 2011 Census is included in the civil parish of Ampton. In 1688 the Rector, James Paston, published a 39 page pamphlet supporting the repeal of the penal laws. The village was almost entirely demolished in the 18th century when a park and mere were created in the grounds of the stately home, Livermere Hall, which was itself destroyed in 1923. Livermere Hall is thought to be the setting M.R. James had in mind for Castringham Hall in his ghost story " The Ash-tree", published in '' Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' in 1904. James was the son of the Rector of nearby Great Livermere Great Livermere is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located around four miles north-east of the borough's largest town Bury St Edmunds. Great Livermere also has a village ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langham, Suffolk
Langham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around seven miles north east of Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market town, market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – ..., in 2005 its population was 90. The parish also contains the hamlet of Stock Hill. References External links Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District {{Suffolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knettishall
Knettishall is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the south bank of the River Little Ouse (the Norfolk-Suffolk border), in 2005 it had a population of 40. From the 2011 census the population of the village was not maintained and it is included in the civil parish of neighbouring Hopton. The parish contains Knettishall Heath Country Park and the remains of RAF Knettishall, a World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... airfield. References External links Hopton-cum-Knettishall Parish Council [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixworth Thorpe
Ixworth Thorpe is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The village is located on the A1088 road around north-west of the larger village of Ixworth and north-east of Bury St Edmunds. In 2005 its estimated population was 60. The parish council is operated jointly with Ixworth.Parish council Ixworth and Ixworth Thorpe parish council. Retrieved 2013-01-23. From the 2011 Census the population of the village was not recorded separately. History The village was mentioned in the at which time it was known as Torp or Torpa.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingham, Suffolk
Ingham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located about six miles north of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 to Thetford in Norfolk. The village boasts a single church, post office and a pub, the Cadogan Arms which was refurbished in 2006. Ingham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe). The Church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew and is Church of England. The post office provides some local library links. The village school was a one-room school serving the small class of all grades. It closed in the mid 1980s as a result of declining numbers, despite the expansion of the village with the new housing estate in the 1960s and 1970s. Locals are mainly employed in Bury St Edmunds or Thetford, commuting to work, though some work locally in agriculture or transport industries. Situated on a slight rise north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunston, Suffolk
Hunston is a small Suffolk village and civil parish set in a conservation area of Mid-Suffolk and lies between Stowlangtoft and Badwell Ash off the A1088, nearly eight miles east of the centre of Bury St Edmunds. It is set in flattish farmland, mostly arable. St Michael's Church St Michael's Church stands in farmland about one-third of a mile south of the village centre, behind the site of Hunston Hall. It is an interesting specimen of Early English architecture. There are a number of Early English windows and some perpendicular insertions. The nave roof is of good hammer-beam type, the restored chancel roof being copied from it. The chancel arch is plain, supported on circular shafts with richly foliated capitals. The priest's door to the south is elegant; the head is a segmented arch boldly trifoliated the cusps are terminated with fleur-de-lys. In the east wall of the transept is a niche leaf with beautiful moulding of foliate design In the south-east angle of the transept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopton, Suffolk
Hopton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located just south of the Norfolk border on the B1111 road between Stanton and Garboldisham, in 2005 it had a population of 650. It shares a parish council with neighbouring Knettishall. All Saints' Church is at the geographical centre of the village, it has regular services and is part of the United Benefice of Stanton, Hopton, Market Weston, Barningham & Coney Weston. Schools There is a primary school, and a pre-school. The primary school feeds students both to Thurston Community College in Thurston and Ixworth Free School in Ixworth Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census. History I .... References External links Hopton cum Knettishall Parish Council [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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