Hoo 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 East Suffolk district of the

English county The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purpo ...

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 ...

. It is located north-west of the town of Wickham Market and south-west of

Framlingham Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Of Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book and was part of Loes Hundred. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 census and an estimated 4,016 in 20 ...

. The parish lies to the south of the River Deben - neighbouring villages include Kettleburgh,

Charsfield Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of 342 residents, from Wickham Market, from Woodbridge and from Ipswich and is located near the villages of Debach and Dallinghoo. A civil parish in East Anglia, Charsfield was famously used as one of ...

and

Letheringham Letheringham is a sparsely populated List of civil parishes in Suffolk, civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district (formerly Deben Rural District and then Suffolk Coastal) in Suffolk, England, on the River Deben, Deben Ri ...

. The parish council is combined with Cretingham and Monewden,Cretingham, Monewden & Hoo Parish Council
Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2014-03-08. with Hoo itself having one of the smallest populations in Suffolk
Suffolk churches website. Retrieved 2014-03-08. with 86 residents recorded at the 2001 census. At the 2011 Census, the parish was recorded in combination with

giving a total population of 160. The parish church, located to the north of the village centre and adjacent to Hoo Hall, is a Grade II*

Listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

. It is dedicated to

St Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( ; ; ; ) was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Apostles in the New Testament, Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus. The title First-Called () used by the Eastern Orthodox Chu ...

and St Eustachius and dates from the 13th century with a 15th-century tower.Church of St Andrew and St Eustachius, Hoo
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-03-08. The

ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

is joined with Charsfield and services are still held regularly in the church which was threatened with redundancy in the 1970s. The church was used as a location in the 1974 film ''

Akenfield ''Akenfield'' is a film made by Peter Hall (theatre director), Peter Hall in 1974, based loosely upon the book ''Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village'' by Ronald Blythe (1969). The production company Angle Films that produced the film ...

''. Hoo Hall is a 16th-century building with Grade II listed status.Hoo Hall, Hoo
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-03-08. The parish has a number of other 16th-century buildings and two medieval moated sites to the south of the village centre, both

scheduled monument In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage, visu ...

s. Godwin's Place is a Grade II listed 16th century house, built on the site of larger house built in the 15th century by John Godyn or Godwyn.Godwins Place, Hoo
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-03-08.

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