Copdock is a village and former civil parish in
county
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of
Suffolk, south-eastern England. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 399.
Location
Copdock is south-west 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 ...
. It is located on the former
A12 road This is a list of roads designated A12. Entries are sorted in alphabetical order by country.
* A012 road (Argentina), a road around the city of Rosario
* A12 motorway (Austria), a road connecting Kufstein and the German Autobahn A 93 to Landec ...
(now designated as the C475), which was blocked off at Whights Corner after the construction of the Copdock Interchange and the
A14 road Ipswich bypass.
Governance
The local authority for the area is
Babergh District Council. On 1 April 1994 the parish was merged with
Washbrook to form the
Copdock and Washbrook
Copdock and Washbrook is a civil parish in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It covers the villages of Copdock and Washbrook, as well as the hamlets of Coles Green, Mace Green and Washbrook Street.
In 2006 the parish ...
.
Description
It has a local primary school called Copdock Primary School, and the local church is called St. Peter's Copdock and is a
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...
.
The local
village hall
A village hall is a public building in a village used for various things such as:
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...
, located on the old A12, was built in 1991, and is situated within the grounds of the local
playing field
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s. Various
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
s use the playing fields; and they are home to a thriving cricket team, Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC. The Best Western Ipswich Hotel
is located opposite the village hall.
Notable persons
William Henry Hewitt
William Henry Hewitt VC (19 June 1884 – 7 December 1966) was a South African soldier, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to British and Commonwealth forces, during the ...
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...
, was born in Copdock in 1884.
References
External links
Copdock at Streetmap.co.ukOfficial Copdock & Washbrook website
Copdock Primary School
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Villages in Suffolk
Former civil parishes in Suffolk
Babergh District