The Saxhams 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 authorit ...

in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern

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. Located around two miles west of Bury St Edmunds, the parish covers the villages of Great Saxham and

Little Saxham Little Saxham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Saxhams, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The village appears as ''Sexham'' in the Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle ...

, as well as the Saxham Industrial Estate on the A14. In 2005 its population was 300. The parish was formed in 1998 from "Great Saxham" and "Little Saxham" and part of Risby. Until the Beeching Axe, the parish was served by the Saxham and Risby railway station on the

Ipswich to Ely Line 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 ...

References

External links

Parish Council website
Civil parishes in Suffolk Borough of St Edmundsbury {{Suffolk-geo-stub