Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowesto ...
, United Kingdom. It was a royal centre of authority for the king of the East Angles, of the
Wuffinga
The Wuffingas, Uffingas or Wiffings were the ruling dynasty of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Wuffingas took their name from Wuffa, an early East Anglian king. ...
line; the proximity of the
Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near the English town of Woodbridge. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a ...
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
Æthelwold, also known as Æthelwald or Æþelwald (Old English: ''Æþelwald'' "noble ruler"; reigned c. 654 – 664), was a 7th-century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfo ...
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
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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
Rendlesham Hall was a large manor house in the village of Rendlesham in Suffolk.
History
The hall was built in the pointed style in 1780A Vision of Britain through time University of Portsmouth
More recently Rendlesham was the site of the Rendlesham Forest incident, a series of reported sightings of unexplained pulsing lights off the coast of Orford Ness in December 1980.
During the summer of 2012 certain scenes of the movie ''
Fast & Furious 6
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'' were filmed on the old
RAF Bentwaters
Royal Air Force Bentwaters or more simply RAF Bentwaters, now known as Bentwaters Parks, is a former Royal Air Force station about northeast of London and east-northeast of Ipswich, near Woodbridge, Suffolk in England. Its name was taken fr ...
electoral ward
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in the same name also exists. This ward includes
Campsea Ashe
Campsea Ashe (sometimes spelt Campsey Ash) is a village in Suffolk, England located approximately north east of Woodbridge and south west of Saxmundham.
The village is served by Wickham Market railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East S ...
and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 3,388.
Notable residents
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Æthelwold of East Anglia
Æthelwold, also known as Æthelwald or Æþelwald (Old English: ''Æþelwald'' "noble ruler"; reigned c. 654 – 664), was a 7th-century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfo ...
Anglo-Saxon King of
East Anglia
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Member of Parliament
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Leonard Mawe
Leonard Maw (sometimes seen as "Mawe" (c. 1552 – 1629, Chiswick) was a Bishop of Bath and Wells and a Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Life
He was born in Rendlesham, Suffolk, the son of Simon Maw (sometime ...
(c. 1552 – 1629),
Bishop of Bath and Wells
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The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of ...
and a Master of
Peterhouse, Cambridge
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and
Trinity College, Cambridge
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.
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Laurence Echard
Laurence Echard (c. 1670–1730) was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a ''History of England'' that was a standard work in its time.
Life
Echard was the son of the Rev. Thomas Echard or Eachard of Barsham, Suffolk, by his wife, th ...
(c. 1670–1730),
historian
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Member of Parliament
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for
Midhurst
Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester.
The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...
,
Malmesbury
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Bossiney
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Frederick Thellusson, 5th Baron Rendlesham
Frederick William Brook Thellusson, 5th Baron Rendlesham (9 February 1840 – 9 November 1911), was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician.
He was born in Florence, Italy, to Frederick Thellusson, 4th Baron Rendlesham, and hi ...
Duchy of Lancaster
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Ham class minesweeper
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