Saxtead is a small village in the East Suffolk district, in the county of

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 Lowes ...

. Saxtead gives its name to the settlements of

Saxtead Green Saxtead Green is a village on the A1120 road and the B1119 road, near the village of Saxtead and the town of Framlingham, in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. __TOC__ See also * Saxtead * Saxtead Green Windmill ...

and Saxtead Little Green and the windmill

Saxtead Green Windmill Saxtead Green Post Windmill is a Grade II* listed post mill at Saxtead Green, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England which is also an Scheduled monument and has been restored. History According to the Manorial Records there has been a windmill in Saxtead ...

. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 335. Saxtead is located on the

A1120 road The A1120 is an 'A' road in the English county of Suffolk. It links Stowmarket to Yoxford passing through the centre of the county.Clark.R (2003The long and winding road ''The Telegraph'', 2003-04-12. Retrieved 2011-04-05. It is long. Route ...

in between the town of

Stowmarket Stowmarket ( ) is a market town in Suffolk, England,OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. on the busy A14 road (Great Britain), A14 trunk ...

and the village of

Yoxford Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold. It is known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a Britten opera. The name 'Yoxfor ...

. The place-name 'Saxtead' is first attested in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086, where it appears as ''Saxsteda''. The name is thought to mean 'Seaxa's place'.

Eilert Ekwall Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (born 8 January 1877 in Vallsjö (now in Sävsjö, Jönköpings län), Sweden, died 23 November 1964 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden), known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 to ...

, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.406.

Notable people

* Margaret Green, painter

References

External links

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