Bentley is a village and
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 authorit ...
in the
Babergh district of
Suffolk, England, about southwest of
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...
. The
2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 776.
Bentley has a
Church of England parish church, a
Reformed Baptist
Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation). The first Calvinist Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith ...
church, a Church of England primary school, a pub, a Village Hall and a riding school. A community owned village shop opened in the summer of 2016.
Bentley has a parish council. It has also a forum called Bentley Free Speech that comments on matters relating to the parish council and other village issues. There also an alternative news site called Bentley News, which is managed by a local resident.
The
Eastern Union Railway
The Eastern Union Railway (EUR) was an English railway company, at first built from Colchester to Ipswich; it opened in 1846. It was proposed when the earlier Eastern Counties Railway failed to make its promised line from Colchester to Norwich. T ...
was built through the parish and opened on 15 July 1846.
Bentley railway station was about east of the village, and served the area until
British Railways closed it in 1966. The station was a junction between 1847 and 1965 for the
Hadleigh branch line.
The branch line also had a short-lived station called Bentley Church (1847-1853).
The main line railway is now (2016) known as the
Great Eastern Main Line.
References
External links
Bentley Parish CouncilBentley Village Hall (Suffolk)
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Babergh District
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Villages in Suffolk