Ilketshall St Lawrence is a village and

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in the East Suffolk district of the

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. It is south-east of the market town of

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and is part of a group of parishes with similar names known collectively as the Saints. The parish is spread along a stretch of the

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which runs between Bungay and

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. It has an elongated shape, with the parish church located close to the northern border of the parish and the village school, Ilketshall St Lawrence primary school, located close to the southern border.St Lawrence, Ilketshall
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-21. At the

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the parish had a population of 158. It has an area of and borders the parishes of

Ilketshall St Andrew Ilketshall St Andrew is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is south-east of Bungay and the same distance south-west of Beccles in the East Suffolk district. St Andrew's church is one of around 40 ro ...

Ilketshall St John Ilketshall St John is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is south-east of the market town of Bungay and is part of a group of parishes with similar names known collectively as the Sa ...

Ilketshall St Margaret Ilketshall St Margaret is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is south of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk district. The parish is part of the area known as the Saints and had a population ...

and

Spexhall Spexhall is a village and civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or ...

. Other than the school and the parish church, there are few services in the village. A garage and petrol station are located on the main road and an apple juice and cider making business operates from the parish.Suffolk Apple Juice and Cider Place

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National Park. Retrieved 2021-02-21. A public house, the ''Huntsman and Hounds'', lies just south of the parish boundary in the hamlet of Stone Street, part of Spexhall parish.Spexhall
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. Retrieved 2021-02-21. The parish church, which is dedicated to

St Lawrence Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. " laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman ...

, dates from the 12th-century, although there was a church on the site at the time of the

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.Parish: Ilketshall St. Lawrence
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. Retrieved 2021-02-21. The tower dates from the 15th-century.Church of St Lawrence
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. Retrieved 2021-02-21.Knott S (2020
St Lawrence, Ilketshall St Lawrence
Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-02-21. The church is a Grade II* listed building and is believed to be built on a Roman site, with pottery found in the grounds in 1929.Monument record ISL 004 - Church of St Lawrence (Rom)
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Ilketshall St Lawrence school
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