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Creeting St. Mary
Creeting St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Sandwiched between the A14 road (England), A14 and A140 road, A140 to the north of Needham Market, the parish also includes the hamlet of Creeting Bottoms. In 2005 the parish population was 710, which decreased to 697 at the 2011 Census. History Formerly three parishes, Creeting All Saints and Creeting St Olave were consolidated into Creeting St Mary on 25 March 1884. The consolidated parish had 3,115 residents and in 1901 had 636. Heritage The Creeting St Mary Windmill, buck of a windmill survives in the village. It was used as a dovecote after ceasing to be a windmill. St Mary's Church has been listed grade II* by English Heritage. The parish was originally in the Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon. Notable people *John Austin (legal philosopher), John Austin (1790–1859), legal thinker responsible for the theory of legal positivism, was born here, the eldest son of the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Suffolk
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just three towns, being Stowmarket, Needham Market and Eye. Its council was based in Needham Market until 2017 when it moved to shared offices with neighbouring Babergh District Council in Ipswich, outside either district. In 2021 it had a population of 103,417. The neighbouring districts are East Suffolk, Ipswich, Babergh, West Suffolk, Breckland and South Norfolk. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering five former districts which were all abolished at the same time: *Eye Municipal Borough * Gipping Rural District * Hartismere Rural District *Stowmarket Urban District * Thedwastre Rural District Thedwastre Rural District had been in the administrative county of West Suffolk prior to the reforms; the other districts had all been in East Suffolk. The new district was named Mid Suffolk, reflecting its positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |