Holbrook, Suffolk
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Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the River Stour, in
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 ...
, England. It is located on the
Shotley Peninsula The Shotley Peninsula is a rural area east of the A137 Ipswich-Colchester road located between the rivers River Stour, Suffolk, Stour and River Orwell, Orwell in Suffolk, England. The peninsula is named after the settlements of Shotley and Sh ...
in Babergh district, around south of the centre of
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. To the south of the village is the Royal Hospital School, which moved to this site in 1933 after having been housed at Greenwich Hospital since 1693. Lower Holbrook is a hamlet between the villages of Holbrook and Harkstead.


Governance

An
electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...
of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,467.


Facilities

The village has one pub called the Swan (there was another pub called the Compasses but it closed during lockdown and never reopened), a Co-op store, a butcher, an art gallery, and a village hall. The area is served by a primary school and Holbrook Academy, which shares a site with the Dr Letman Sports Centre. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade II*
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. The village also has
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church.


History

During the
Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain () was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force ...
, a German
military aircraft A military aircraft is any Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing or rotorcraft, rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type. Some military aircraft engage directly in aerial warfare, while others take on su ...
crashed into a field on the outskirts of the village. Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a
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. Another account possibly shows it crashed into Holbrook Bay instead.


Notable people

* Frederick Fryer (1849-1917), first-class cricketer, was born in the village. *
Griff Rhys Jones Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh actor, comedian, writer and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. He and Smith came to national attention in the 1980s for ...
Welsh actor, comedian, writer and television presenter and his wife Jo Jones also own a house in Holbrook.


References


External links


Village website
Suffolk Churches * *
Holbrook at genuki
{{authority control Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District