Middleton is a village in the east 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 approximately north-west of

Leiston Leiston ( ) is a town and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is close to Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London. The town had a population of 5,508 at th ...

, north east of

Saxmundham Saxmundham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is set in the valley of the River Fromus about north-east of Ipswich and west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed ...

and from the Suffolk coast.Middleton cum Fordley Parish Council
. Retrieved 2011-02-11. The village is on the B1122 around east of

Yoxford Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold. It is known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a Benjamin ...

and had a population of 359 at the 2001 census,Neighbourhood Statistics: Suffolk Coastal
2001 Census Dataset. Retrieved 2011-02-11. falling to 343 at the 2011 Census.Parish population 2011
Census 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-19. The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
The Suffolk Churches site, July 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-11. The village has one pub, the Bell Inn owned by

Adnams Brewery Adnams is a regional brewery founded in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, by George and Ernest Adnams. It produces cask ale and bottled beers. Annual production is around 85,000 barrels. In 2010, the company established the Copper House d ...

,The Bell Inn Profile
Camra, Suffolk. Retrieved 2011-02-11. and until the last decade the village had a post office. The nearest post office now is located in the village of

Westleton Westleton is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Suffolk. It is located north of Leiston and north-east of Saxmundham near the North Sea coast. The village is on the edge of the Suffolk Sandli ...

. There is also a park and a yearly village

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. Middleton Primary School currently caters for children aged 5 to 11 years old, and works in partnership with Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary School in

and Southwold Primary School in

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the North Sea, in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth, Suffolk, River Blyth in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths ...

. The three schools make up the Yoxford Valley Partnership of Schools. Translator

Michael Hamburger Michael Peter Leopold Hamburger (22 March 1924 – 7 June 2007) was a noted German-British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic. He was known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn and ...

lived in the village until his death in 2007.Michael Hamburger Obituary, ''

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''. Retrieved 2016-08-26.

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