Butley 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
English county of
Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
.
Butley lies east of the town of
Woodbridge on the
B1084 (
Orford) road. Administratively, Butley forms part of the
East Suffolk district; from 1934 to 1974 it had been part of the former
Deben Rural District
Deben Rural District was a rural district in the county of East Suffolk, England. It was created in 1934 by the merger of parts of the disbanded Bosmere and Claydon Rural District, the disbanded Plomesgate Rural District and the disbanded Woo ...
, and then from 1974 to 2019 it had been part of the former
Suffolk Coastal District Council
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.
History
Butle was formerly an exclave of
Loes Hundred
Loes was a hundred (subdivision), hundred of Suffolk, with an area of .
Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around long and between 2 and wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where it crossed Wilford (h ...
, one of the
Hundreds of Suffolk.
The parish church of St John the Baptist dates from the 12th century, but was much restored in 1868. It is a grade II* listed building.
Butley Priory
Butley Priory was a religious institution established founded in 1171 by
Ranulph de Glanvill. At that time nearby
Orford was a major town. It was suppressed in 1538 during the
dissolution of the monasteries.
References
External links
Some illustrated information, mainly about the parish churchPictures of Butley on geograph.org.uk
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
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