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List Of Places In Suffolk
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England. A * Acton, Akenham, Aldeburgh, Alderton, Aldham, Aldringham, Alpheton, Ampton, Ashbocking, Ashby, Ashfield, Aspall, Assington, Athelington, Audley End B * Babergh, Bacton, Badingham, Badley, Badwell Ash, Ballingdon, Bardwell, Barham, Barking, Barnardiston, Barnby, Barnham, Barningham, Barrow, Barsham, Barton Mills, Battisford, Bawdsey, Baylham, Beccles, Beck Row, Bedfield, Bedingfield, Belstead, Benacre, Benhall, Bentley, Beyton, Bildeston, Blaxhall, Bloodsman's Corner, Blundeston, Blyford, Blythburgh, Botesdale, Boulge, Boxford, Boxted, Boyton, Bradfield Combust, Bradfield St. Clare, Bradfield St George, Braiseworth, Bramfield, Bramford, Brampton, Brandon, Brandeston, Brantham, Bredfield, Brent Eleigh, Bressingham, Brettenham, Bridge Street, Brightwell, Brockford, Brockley, Brome, Brome Street, Bromeswell, Bruisyard, Brundish, Bucklesham, Bulcamp, Bungay, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceremonial Counties Of England
The counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies, also referred to as the lieutenancy areas of England and informally known as ceremonial counties, are areas of England to which lords-lieutenant are appointed. Legally, the areas in England, as well as in Wales and Scotland, are defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997 as "counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies in Great Britain", in contrast to the areas used for local government. They are also informally known as "geographic counties", to distinguish them from other types of counties of England. History The distinction between a county for purposes of the lieutenancy and a county for administrative purposes is not a new one; in some cases, a county corporate that was part of a county appointed its own lieutenant (although the lieutenant of the containing county would often be appointed to this position, as well), and the three Ridings of Yorkshire had been treated as three counties for lieute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babergh District
Babergh District (pronounced , ) is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Suffolk, England. Primarily a rural area, Babergh contains two towns of notable size: Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Hadleigh, which was the administrative centre until 2017. Its council headquarters, which are shared with neighbouring Mid Suffolk, are now based in Ipswich. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Municipal Borough of Sudbury, Sudbury, Hadleigh Urban District, Cosford Rural District, Melford Rural District and Samford Rural District. The district did not have one party of councillors (nor a formal coalition of parties) exercising overall control until 2015. Babergh's population size has increased by 5.2%, from around 87,700 in 2011 to 92,300 in 2021 and covers an area of approximately . It is named after the Babergh Hundred, referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086, although it also covers the hundreds of Cosford Hundre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrow, Suffolk
Barrow is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles west of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is grove or wood, hill or mound. The Domesday Book records the population of Barrow in 1086 to have been 27. Background A circular walk around the village is known as 'walking around Crattle' named after its main feature - Crattle Hill. The walk is 2.45 miles long and passes All Saints Church, Park Pond, and the cemetery. The small hamlet of Burthorpe Green is attached to Barrow. The playing field in the centre of the village is bordered by 19 poplar trees. On the small road to Risby is a large steep hill known locally as Bread & Water Hill. The village has two Public Houses - The Three Horseshoes, and The Weeping Willow. In 2005 Suffolk Academy a sports and Martial Arts Centre was built opposite Barrow Church by Glen Moulds a black belt 5th Dan in Shotokan Karate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barningham, Suffolk
Barningham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about twelve miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is the homestead of Beorn's people. The Domesday Book records the population of Barningham in 1086 to be 36. It has a primary school, a pub called the Royal George, a shop with a post office, a church, a hairdresser's, a village hall and a flower shop. The pharmaceutical company Fisons Fisons plc was a British multinational pharmaceutical, scientific instruments and horticultural chemicals company headquartered in Ipswich, United Kingdom. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Ind ..., founded by James Fison and Lee Charters in the late 18th century, began as a flour mill and bakery in the village. The building has since been developed into terraced homes. External links * * United Benefice of (Stanton, Hopton, Market Weston, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnham, Suffolk
Barnham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk about south of Thetford and north of Bury St Edmunds on the A134. The village of Euston is to the east. According to the Swedish scholar Eilert Ekwall, the name of the village means "Beorn's homestead". Prehistory East Farm, Barnham, is an important archaeological site dating back to the Hoxnian Stage of the Lower Palaeolithic (about 400,000 years ago). Flint artefacts have also been found.Nick Ashton: ''Early Humans'', New Naturalist series (London: HarperCollins, 2017), pp. 128–132. History The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Barnham housed 35 families, which meant it was a large village by the standards of the time.Barnham Open Domesday. Retrieved 25 January 2013. It was part of the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnby, Suffolk
Barnby is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The village is west of Lowestoft and east of Beccles in the north of the county. It is effectively merged with the village of North Cove which constitutes a separate parish.Barnby Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-12. At the the population of the parish was 479. This had fallen slightly from a mid-2005 estimated population of 510. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnardiston
Barnardiston ( ) is a village and parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is located about four miles north-east of Haverhill off the A143. History The name has an older form ''Bernardeston'', which means 'farmstead of a man called Beornheard'. Prior to the mid-eighteenth century it is often listed as "Barnardiston otherwise Chilbourne", and it is listed as Cileburna in the Domesday Book. The first Domesday listing is of the lands of Earl Ralph, which Goodrich the Steward kept in Suffolk in the King's hand. It consisted of a socman holding 30 acres. There were a bordar, a ploughteam, and 6 acres of meadow, formerly valued at ten shillings. Then at twenty shillings. The other Domesday listing is part of the great possessions of Richard, son of Earl Gislebert. Goodwin, a freeman, held 2 carucates of land, 1 villein, 4 bordars, formerly 2 ploughteams but then one only, 6 acres of meadow, one mill, and one rouncy. The value had been forty shillings, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking, Suffolk
Barking is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is west of Needham Market on the B1078 road. The village is linear along the road with its centre being around the area known as Barking Tye and away from the large village church of St Mary.St Mary, Barking Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2013-01-25. There are six bells that hang the church of St Mary with the largest weighing 11 cwt - 1 qr - 7 lb.Dove's Guide Retrieved 2013-04-14. All 6 bells were recast and rehung in 1911 by Alfred Bowell. |
Barham, Suffolk
Barham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is on the River Gipping. Surrounded by Great Blakenham, Baylham Baylham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about northwest of Ipswich and southeast of Stowmarket. The buildings making up the village begin either side of the B113 road, with the majority following U ..., Coddenham, Henley, Suffolk, Henley and Claydon, Suffolk, Claydon, Barham is on the A14 road (Great Britain), A14 road about six miles north of Ipswich. Barham has one pub - The Sorrel Horse - and is also known for the Gaps Fishing lakes, situated next to the Barham Picnic site on Pesthouse Lane. History A local Act of 1765 established the Bosmere and Claydon Hundreds Incorporation of 35 parishes. The following year saw the Incorporation build a "House of Industry" on a 20-acre site at Barham. It was a H-shaped red brick building of two storeys with attics. Constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardwell, Suffolk
Bardwell is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Location Bardwell is located about ten miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds between the villages of Ixworth, Stanton and Honington. History The Domesday Book records the population of Bardwell in 1086 to be 86. The River Blackbourne passes about half a mile west of the village. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "Bearda's Spring" or brim/bank of spring. Until the 20th century there were two working mills in Bardwell, a watermill and a windmill. The watermill has been converted into a house whilst the windmill which is a tower mill, built in 1829 was in the process of restoration to a working mill again which has recently been completed. Church Bardwell has many old buildings including its medieval parish church. In the churchyard is the grave of Henry Addison, born in Bardwell in 1821 he joined the British Army and won the Victoria Cross for his hero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballingdon
Ballingdon is a suburb of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, England. Once a separate village in the county of Essex, today it is part of Sudbury civil parish though it was formerly a separate parish. It is the only part of the town to the south of the River Stour. In 1951 the parish had a population of 458. The village developed on the important ancient highway from Braintree and Halstead in Essex to Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds. It grew adjacent to a bridge (today known as Ballingdon Bridge) over the River Stour. It dates back to at least the 13th century. It remains the only crossing of the river for several miles in each direction. Ballingdon and Brundon (which formed the township of Ballingdon-cum-Brundon, then in Essex) were added to the borough of Sudbury (and the county of Suffolk) in 1888 as part of the Local Government Act. Around that time it had a population of 831. In 1972 the owners of Ballingdon Hall, responding to a housing development on adjacent land, had it moved h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badwell Ash
Badwell Ash is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, near Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Bada's stream near the field with ash trees, however this source lacks validity in terms of the oak mysteries. The 'Ash' is believed to be derived from the 'Reaping of the Bad' of 1659 when the local Lord burned the settlement of 'the Bad' in an attempt to eradicate an outbreak of plague which had developed. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 685, increasing to 770 at the 2011 Census. Facilities in the village include a church, pub, fish and chip shop, and a Post Office/Village shop that is stocked with everyday items. There are daily bus services from the village to nearby towns and the main A14 trunk road is less than a 10-minute drive away. The primary school unfortunately was forced to close after a struggle of being placed under the category of Special Measures by Ofste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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