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Loes Hundred
Loes was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of . Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around long and between 2 and wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where it crossed Wilford Hundred to Woodbridge where it widened considerably. The town and port of Woodbridge fell within the hundred but was detached from the main part by about three miles (5 km). Loes was bounded on the east by Plomesgate Hundred, on the north by Hoxne Hundred, and on the west and south west by Thredling, Carlford and Wilford Hundreds. The area is a picturesque district of hill and valley watered by the Deben, the River Ore and their tributary streams, and the loamy soil is well suited to barley, wheat and beans. Listed as ''Losa'' in the Domesday Book, the name "Loes" probably indicates that it was originally owned by a man named ''Hlossa''. Parishes Loes Hundred consisted of the following 18 parishes:1841 Census The parishes of Woodbridge and Kenton ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred (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] |
Charsfield
Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of 250 residents, from Wickham Market, from Woodbridge and from Ipswich and is located near the villages of Debach and Dallinghoo. A civil parish in East Anglia, Charsfield was famously used as one of the key locations in the 1974 film Akenfield, based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by the historian Ronald Blythe (1969). Charsfield hosted the first Greenbelt festival - an annual festival of arts, faith and justice - on a pig farm just outside the village over the August 1974 bank holiday weekend. Local facilities * Charsfield village hall *Baptist Chapel *Charsfield Primary School (linked to St Peter's church); famous alumni of the school include Charlotte Greig, a British novelist, singer, and songwriter. *Charsfield recreation ground *Garage *St. Peter's Church (Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendlesham
Rendlesham is a village and civil parish near Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It was a royal centre of authority for the king of the East Angles, of the Wuffinga line; the proximity of the Sutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal house. Swithhelm, son of Seaxbald, who reigned from 660 to around 664, was baptised at Rendlesham by Saint Cedd with King Æthelwold of East Anglia acting as his godfather. He died around the time of the great plague of 664 and may have been buried at the palace of Rendlesham. Its name is recorded in Old English about 730 AD as ''Rendlæsham'', which may mean "Homestead belonging to man namedRendel", or it may come from a theorized Old English word *''rendel'' = "little shore". It was also the location of Rendlesham Hall, a large manor house demolished in 1949. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monewden
Monewden ( ) is a small village and a civil parish in the hundred of Loss (Also: Loes, Loose), in the East Suffolk District, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 120. The village is located around north of Ipswich and west of Wickham Market. The village church is dedicated to St Mary.St Mary, Monewden Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2013-05-15. Two Sites of Special Scientific Interest
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Marlesford
Marlesford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 233. Location It is about 2 miles away from the small town of Wickham Market. Marlesford has a place of worship. The area of the village that is on the A12 road (where the pub was) is due to be by-passed. However the scheme is currently on hold. It once had a railway station called Marlesford railway station but it was closed in 1952. The station controlled the trains going to Framlingham and the trains were all steam locomotives with 3 level crossings in the village. one at the station, one at the house called the Hedges which Provides access on to Lime Tree Farm and the third one was at the Gatehouse which has now been converted into a private dwelling. This is also where Marlesford ford is now situated.Resident memories Born in village 1944 moved to Wickham Market 1968 Notable residents *Fitzedward Hall, Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letheringham
Letheringham is a sparsely populated civil parish in the East Suffolk district (formerly Deben Rural District and then Suffolk Coastal) in Suffolk, England, on the Deben River. St Mary is a tiny church, the remains of the tower and nave of a Priory church, and sits in a farmyard. It is open 24 hours a day. For over 1000 years Letheringham has been a parish of ancient Loes Hundred, a unit of government never technically abolished whose functions were transferred in the late 19th century to various modern divisions of government. From the 2011 Census population details were no longer maintained for this parish and were included in the civil parish of Hoo. Personalities * Robert Naunton (1563–1635), English politician and writer : location of death * Sir Robert Wingfield of Letheringham (1403–1454), a son of a senior Sir Robert Wingfield (c. 1370 – 3 May 1409) and Elizabeth Russell * Captain Edward Maria Wingfield Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kettleburgh
Kettleburgh is a small village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk. The population of this Civil Parish at the 2011 Census was 231. It is near the small towns of Wickham Market and Framlingham in the valley of the River Deben. The grade I listed church of St Andrew dates from the 14th century and was restored in 1890. The village also has a pub. Notable residents *Corrie Grant (1850-1924), journalist, barrister and Liberal Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rugby division of Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ... from 1900 to 1910. References Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk {{suffolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenton, Suffolk
Kenton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located 1.9 miles to the north-east of Debenham, in 2005 its population was 170. A parish in the Hundreds of Suffolk of Loes. The name Kenton comes from the Old English for ‘Kingly’, or ‘Royal’ and can trace its origins back to before the Norman conquest. Not to be confused by Kenton, a place partly in the London Borough of Harrow and partly in the London Borough of Brent, and Kenton, a place in Devon. Between 1908 and 1952 the village was served by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, on which it had a station with a platform, which was located over 0.6 miles south. The station had a small building made externally of corrugated iron and internally of match-boarding. Kenton station was halfway between Laxfield and Haughley on the branch line. Kenton Hall(aroun resides nearby about half a mile south-west from the church. Grass drying plant (operated by Eastern Counties Farmers) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoo, Suffolk
Hoo is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located north-west of the town of Wickham Market and south-west of Framlingham. The parish lies to the south of the River Deben - neighbouring villages include Kettleburgh, Charsfield and Letheringham. The parish council is combined with Cretingham and Monewden,Cretingham, Monewden & Hoo Parish Council Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2014-03-08. with Hoo itself having one of the smallest populations in Suffolk Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2014-03-08. with 86 residents recorded at the 2001 census. At the 2011 Census, the parish was recorded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framlingham
Framlingham is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Suffolk, England. Of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 Census and an estimated 4,016 in 2019. Nearby villages include Earl Soham, Kettleburgh, Parham, Suffolk, Parham, Saxtead and Sweffling. Governance An Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of the same name exists. The parish stretches north-east to Brundish with a total ward population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,744. Features Framlingham's history can be traced to an entry in the Domesday Book (1086) when it then consisted of several manors. The medieval Framlingham Castle is a major feature and tourist attraction for the area, managed by English Heritage. Mary I of England, Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon) was proclaimed the first Queen of England there in 1553. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacheston
Hacheston is a village and a civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 345. It is located on the B1116 road between the towns of Wickham Market and Framlingham. Hacheston has a church and a village hall. Hacheston Halt railway station was closed in 1952. Glevering Hall is a historic house and estate within the parish which was built in 1794 by Chaloner Arcedeckne, MP. Glevering Hall became a Grade II* listed building on 25 October 1951. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Bruisyard with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,977. Notable residents *Chaloner Arcedeckne (c. 1743–1809); MP and Jamaican landowner *Claude Hinscliff (1875–1964); suffragist. *Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 − 17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka), Anambra state, Nigeria, but spent much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyke
Eyke is a village and a civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the A1152 road near the town of Woodbridge Woodbridge may refer to: Places Australia *Woodbridge, Western Australia formerly called ''West Midland'' *Woodbridge, Tasmania Canada *Woodbridge, Ontario England *Woodbridge, Suffolk, the location of ** Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency .... Eyke has a primary school, the manor house of Lord and Lady Lucas with scenic pond and horse paddock, and a pub. The mediaeval parish church of All Saints was restored in the 1860s. Services are normally held on the first and third Sundays of the month. The parish covers 2,749 acres with a population of 362 at the 2011 Census. The Eyke Parish Council consists of seven parish Councillors. Early history The name 'Eyke' previously derived from the word 'Oak' had a number of changes and various spellings to its name, some earlier names for the small settlement where "E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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