Flixton is a civil parish in the north of the

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. It is north-west of

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in the East Suffolk district. The parish is sparsely populated with an estimated population of around 40.Blundeston and Flixton
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-09.Flixton (nr. Lowestoft)
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. Retrieved 2021-03-09. It borders the parishes of Blundeston, Oulton and Corton. The parish council is operated jointly with Blundeston.Welcome to Blundeston & Flixton Parish Council Website
Blundeston and Flixton Parish Council. Retrieved 2021-03-09. The B1075 Lowestoft to Somerleyton road crosses the parish.

History

Flixton was recorded in the

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of 1086 as "Flixtuna". The parish church, which was dedicated to St Andrew, was at least partly in ruins by the 16th century and was abandoned after the

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blew off the roof. The ecclesiastical parish was combined with Blundeston. Some ruins, which include 12th-century stonework and Roman bricks possibly reused from the nearby fort at

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, remain and are protected as a Grade II

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and a

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St Andrew Flixton
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. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

Flixton Decoy

Flixton Decoy, an area of wooded marshland with a open water lake, is in the west of the parish and within the area of

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national park. The lake is believed to have been created as a result of

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digging. It was the site of a duck decoy owned by the Morse family.Monument record FTN 005 - Flixton Decoy (Med)
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. Retrieved 2021-03-13. Marshland at the edge of the floodplain of the

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extends to the Decoy, with the Lowestoft to Norwich railway line running just to the west of the parish boundary. The nearest railway stations are at Somerleyton and Oulton Broad North.

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References

{{East Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Waveney District