Weybread is a village in

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 ...

, England. The population of the village at the 2011 Census was 432. Its church, St. Andrew's, is one of 38 existing

round-tower church Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshi ...

es in

. Weybread formerly had three public houses; the Chequers and the Horseshoe have since closed, leaving only one, the Weybread Crown.

Murders

On 3 June 2016 Peter and Sylvia Stuart of Brick Kiln Cottage, Mill Lane were reported missing. The body of Peter Stuart was found the same day in nearby woodland. The body of Sylvia Stuart has never been found. Ali Qazimaj, 42, of

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, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for the double murder.

Notable people

Alfred Ablett Alfred Ablett (3 August 1830 – 12 March 1897) was a British Army soldier and a Crimean War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. A sold ...

VC DCM (3 August 1830 – 12 March 1897), a

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recipient of the

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, was born in Weybread and is buried in the churchyard of St. Andrew's.victoriacross.org.uk
He was the first soldier from Suffolk to be awarded the Victoria Cross

References

External links

Diss Express
- village's local newspaper website

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