Spexhall 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 north-east of the
English county of
Suffolk. The village, which is dispersed in nature, is around north of the market town of
Halesworth
Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...
and south of
Bungay in the
East Suffolk district. It has few basic services, including a village hall and a parish church, which was originally built as a cell of
Rumburgh Priory. The
A144 road runs through the parish following the route of the Roman Stone Street. The population in 2011 was 192.
This description of Spexhall was written in the late nineteenth century:
:SPEXHALL, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 2 miles NNW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,484. Real property, £2,311. Pop., 181. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £277.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. Charities, £15.
References
External links
St Peter, SpexhallSuffolk Churches
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
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