Wenham Parva is a

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 their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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, England. It covers the village of

Little Wenham Little Wenham is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish of Wenham Parva – the ancient name for Little Wenham) within Babergh district. Its population is included there. Heritage The village is home to Wenham Castl ...

(whose ancient name it takes) and the

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Wenham Grange Wenham can refer to: Locality * Wenham, Massachusetts, town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States ** Wenham Historic District, historic district in Wenham, Massachusetts **Hamilton/Wenham (MBTA station), Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad ...

. Located in Babergh district, it had a population of 20 in 2005, making it the joint-least populated parish in Suffolk alongside South Cove,

Wangford Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wangford with Henham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road on the edge of the Henham Park estate just outside Southwold ...

and

Wordwell Wordwell is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, about five miles North of Bury St Edmunds. The village was hit by the Black Death in 1348 and never recovered in terms of population; in 2005 it was estimated to have only 20 resi ...

. At the 2011 Census the population had increased to 185. Little Wenham - Church of St Lawrence (2)

The parish contains the Wenham Thicks

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, which is a

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due to its

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. The defunct Hadleigh branch line ran through the centre of the parish.

References

Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District {{Suffolk-geo-stub