Naughton is a village and former
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 ...
, now in the civil parish of
Nedging-with-Naughton, in the
Babergh district, in the 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 ...
, England.
It is north-west of
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...
and south-west of
Stowmarket
Stowmarket ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England,OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket
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. It was historically within the
Cosford Hundred of Suffolk. The civil parish was merged with
Nedging on 1 April 1935 to create "Nedging with Naughton". In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 98.
Naughton is formed from the junction of two roads, the Whatfield Road which comes in from the south-west and heads north to
Nedging Tye and New Road which comes in from the south-east. St. Mary's church is a 14th-century flint built church stands at the centre of the village, just west of this junction.
History
Sir Henry Adair was lord of the manor in the past.
Present day
It lies just to the south of RAF Wattisham. There is one pub in the village, the Wheelhouse (formerly Wheeler's Arms), that dates from the 17th century.
There are four farms in the area: Cooper's Farm (to the north), Brickhouse Farm (to the east), Fidget's Farm (to the south-west), and High Tree Farm (to the south).
References
External links
Suffolk CAMRAThe Wheelhouse at Naughton
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Villages in Suffolk
Former civil parishes in Suffolk
Babergh District
Cosford Hundred