Chedburgh is a village and

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in the

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district of

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in eastern

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. Located on the A143 around five miles south-west 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 650, reducing to 597 at the 2011 Census.

Great Wood Hill At , Great Wood Hill, near Chedburgh, is the highest point in the English county of Suffolk. It is part of the Newmarket Ridge. The summit is in the middle of a wood, near the village of Rede. It is the highest point in the wide area east o ...

, the highest point in Suffolk, is around south of Chedburgh.

History

All Saints Church, Chedburgh is a

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. It is a medieval church, which was subject to major alterations in the nineteenth century. In 1842 the gault brick tower was built with rendered Gothic style openings, abrick spire and crenellated parapets; the chancel was almost completely reconstructed including a mid fourteenth century style window on the eastern side, a roof with ribbed panels in the ceiling a gabled vestry and moulded cornices.

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, president of the

Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute The Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute was a victorian organisation established in 1848 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It had a lively existence for five years until 1853, when the local activities concerning antiquaries and natural hi ...

was vicar here from 1832 to 1856.

RAF Chedurgh

On 7 September 1942 South of the Bury Road, RAF Chedburgh opened, in No. 3 Group RAF

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. Major construction work was carried out by John Laing & Son Ltd., and built to Class A standard, the airfield had three concrete runways, 05-23 at 2,000 yards and 12-30 and 17-35 both at 1,400 yards. In October 1942 214 Squadron moved in flying

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bombers. Various squadrons followed until December 1946. The airfield site was sold in October 1952, although some hangars were still visible in the 1970s.Wikimapia, Former RAF Chedburgh
/ref> The Bury Road Business Park is located on the former technical site.

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