Redisham is a village and

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in the English county of Suffolk. It is located south-west of

Beccles Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 and A12 roads, north-east of London as the crow fl ...

and north-east of

Halesworth Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...

in the East Suffolk district. The population of the parish was 125 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. The parish is in a rural location.Redisham
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Westhall Westhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county Suffolk, England about north east of Halesworth, south west of Brampton and south of Beccles, close to the A145. The mid-2005 population estimate for West ...

Brampton with Stoven Brampton with Stoven is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located south of the town of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth, with an area of .Shadingfield Shadingfield is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around south of Beccles in the north of the county. The village is spread along a stretch of the A145 road between Beccle ...

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and

Ringsfield Ringsfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is south-west of Beccles in the East Suffolk district. The parish had a population of 323 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. It borders the parishes of Beccles, W ...

. The village is on the eastern border of the parish, with some of the housing in it across the border in Shadingfield. The village has limited services, although Brampton railway station on the East Suffolk Line is closer to Redisham than it is to Brampton. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter.Hundred River Benefice
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Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-04. It is a

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with a

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doorway and has been the site of a church since the 10th Century. It is reported to be the smallest church in Suffolk with only 60 seats. The author

Adrian Bell Adrian Hanbury Bell (4 October 1901 – 5 September 1980) was an English ruralist journalist and farmer, and the first compiler of ''The Times'' crossword. Early life Bell was born at Stretford, Lancashire, son of Robert Bell (1865-1949), e ...

farmed a

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in the village during

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.Smith A (2017
Commemorative bench unveiled during walk on the history of land girls in Redisham

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and the journalist and politician

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. Redisham Hall is located to the north of the village but is in Ringsfield parish.

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Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Waveney District {{Suffolk-geo-stub