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Aldeburgh
Coordinates: 52°09′N 1°36′E / 52.15°N 1.6°E / 52.15; 1.6
Aldeburgh (
/ˈɔːlbrə/) is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the River Alde, the town is notable for its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts where freshly caught fish are sold daily, and the Aldeburgh Yacht Club. The internationally renowned Aldeburgh Festival of arts, which takes place at nearby Snape Maltings, was created in 1948 by the resident and acclaimed composer Benjamin Britten.
A popular weekend destination, particular attractions are the ancient Moot Hall (where the town council still meets), Napoleonic-era Martello tower to the south, sheltered yachting marina at Slaughden, and two family run shops serving fish and chips, one of which is often cited as among the best fish and chip shops in the UK.
Alde Burgh means "old fort" although this structure, along with much of the Tudor town, has now been lost to the sea. In the 16th century, Aldeburgh was a leading port, and had a flourishing ship-building industry. Sir Francis Drake's ships Greyhound and Pelican (later renamed Golden Hind) were both built in Aldeburgh. The flagship of the Virginia Company, the Sea Venture is believed to have been built there in 1608. When the River Alde silted up and was unable to accommodate larger ships, the area went into decline. Aldeburgh survived principally as a fishing village until the nineteenth century, when it became popular as a seaside resort. Much of its distinctive and whimsical architecture derives from this period. The river is now home to a yacht club and a sailing club.
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Alderton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°01′29″N 1°24′47″E / 52.0246°N 1.413°E / 52.0246; 1.413
Alderton is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about six miles north of Felixstowe, 10 miles south-east of Woodbridge and 2 miles south of Hollesley, on the North Sea coast and in the heart of Heaths of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In 2007 its population was estimated to be 430.
Alderton was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Alretuna". Local military defences include 3 Napoleonic Martello towers and various C20th buildings. Mill Lane marks the site of a mill which stood here from 1796 until its demolition in 1956. An ancient settlement site 600m east of Cedar Court has been identified from aerial photographs, though nothing can be seen on the ground.
The area around Alderton was once a stronghold of Catholicism and within the grounds of Alderton Hall stands an ecclesiastical building, possibly a chapel or refectory dating back to the 12th century and believed to be part of a group of buildings built by the Augustine monks who controlled much of the land on the Bawdsey Peninsula at that period. Alderton Hall boasts both a priest’s hole (a hiding place created for dissident catholic priests during the purge which followed the Reformation and a secret passage leading to the neighbouring church of St. Andrew’s. The passage was known to be haunted and so fearful were the local inhabitants that the Bishop was called in to exorcise the ghost. Whether the passageway was used by the monks as a route to the church or as hiding place for Catholic sympathizers at the time of the Reformation we have yet to discover, but with the coast just fifteen minutes walk away and Alderton’s close proximity to the Deben Estuary at Ramsholt, this area has long been a popular landing point for Suffolk smugglers.
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Aldringham
Coordinates: 52°11′N 1°34′E / 52.18°N 01.56°E / 52.18; 01.56
Aldringham is a village in Suffolk, England. The village is located 1 mile (1½ km) south of Leiston and 3 miles (4½ km) northwest of Aldeburgh close to the North Sea coast. The parish includes the coastal village of Thorpeness. The mid-2005 population estimate for Aldringham cum Thorpe parish was 730.
Aldringham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Alrincham'. Its placename derivation is uncertain but Ekwall indicates that it probably means 'the home of Ealdhere' and any similarity to Aldeburgh is coincidental.
Aldringham was formerly a market town. The oldest building in the village is The Parrot and Punchbowl pub, which contains many references to its heavy involvement in smuggling in the two centuries after its opening in the sixteenth century.
Aldringham Windmill was dismantled in 1922 and re-erected in 1923 at Thorpeness.
Aldringham was the home of the poet, artist and architect Cecil Lay, and most of his architectural work is found in or near the village, including Raidsend, some houses on North Warren, and the chapel on Aldringham Heath.
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Babergh
Babergh (pronounced /ˈbeɪbər/, BAY-bər) is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council headquarters is based in Hadleigh, whilst its largest town is Sudbury.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Sudbury, Hadleigh urban district, Cosford Rural District, Melford Rural District and Samford Rural District. It is one of the few English second tier authorities that has never had one party or coalition of parties in control.
Babergh has a population of roughly 85,000 and covers an area of approximately 230 square miles (600 km2).
It is named after the old Babergh hundred, referred to in the Domesday Book. The southern boundary of the district is marked almost exclusively by the River Stour, which also forms the border with Essex, and it is separated from Suffolk Coastal by the River Orwell. Primarily a rural area, Babergh contains only 2 towns of any notable size, namely Sudbury and the administrative centre, Hadleigh.
Most of what is termed Constable Country is contained within Babergh, attracting visitors to the conservation area Dedham Vale and the historic villages of Long Melford, Lavenham and Kersey.
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Badingham
Coordinates: 52°15′00″N 1°22′55″E / 52.25°N 1.382°E / 52.25; 1.382
Badingham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2007 it had an estimated population of 470.
Media related to Badingham at Wikimedia Commons
Community website. Parish Council website.
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Beccles
Coordinates: 52°27′04″N 1°34′28″E / 52.4512°N 1.5744°E / 52.4512; 1.5744
Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as 109 miles (175 km) from London via the A145 Blythburgh and A12 road, 98 miles (158 km) northeast of London as the crow flies, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Norwich, and 33 miles (53 km) north northeast of the county town of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the northeast. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads National Park.
It had a population at the 2001 census of 9,746.Worlingham is a suburb of Beccles. The combined population of Beccles and Worlingham in 2005 was estimated at 13,580. Beccles is twinned with Petit-Couronne in France.
The name is conjectured to be derived from Becc-Liss* (Brittonic=Small-court). However, also offered is Bece-laes* (Old English=Meadow by Stream. Once a flourishing Saxon riverport, it lies in the Waveney valley and is a popular boating centre. The town was granted its Charter in 1584 by Elizabeth I.
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Benhall
Coordinates: 52°12′00″N 1°28′52″E / 52.2°N 1.481°E / 52.2; 1.481
Benhall is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England. Located to the south of Saxmundham, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 560.
Benhall is split into two; one side of the A12 road is Benhall Low Street, whereas the other is Benhall Green. Benhall Green has a small primary school and a playgroup.
The manor of Benhall was granted in 1086 to Robert de Malet, and has since had a long and complicated history, having been owned by many of the most powerful people of their time, including King Henry VIII.
The great house of the area is Benhall Lodge. A manor house had existed on the Benhall estate since at least 1225, when it was fortified by Ralph de Sunderland. The property known as Benhall Lodge was originally created in 1638 for the then Lord of the Manor Sir Edward Duke, and was rebuilt in 1790 by William Beaumaris Rush, and then by Edward Hollond esq, in 1810. The mansion house has suffered serious fires in 1885 and in 1967, and was restored and slightly remodelled after each.
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Blaxhall
Coordinates: 52°09′40″N 1°27′36″E / 52.161°N 1.460°E / 52.161; 1.460
Blaxhall is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England.Located around 8 miles (13 km) west of Aldeburgh, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220.
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Blythburgh
Coordinates: 52°19′01″N 1°36′00″E / 52.317°N 1.6°E / 52.317; 1.6
Blythburgh is a small English village in an area known as the Sandlings, part of the Suffolk heritage coast. Located close to an area of flooded marshland and mud-flats, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 300. Blythburgh is best known for its church, Holy Trinity, internationally known as the Cathedral of the Marshes, which is a regular venue for the summer Aldeburgh Festival. The church has been flood-lit since the 1960s and is a landmark for travels on the arterial road to Norfolk.
Close to the village is the site of the Battle of Bulcamp (c. 653).
The milestone in the village shows it is thirty miles from Ipswich, and twenty-four miles south of Great Yarmouth, and is divided by the London trunk road.
The village is noteworthy for its huge area of flooded marshes which lead to the estuary of the River Blyth, the river flows from west of Halesworth to the North Sea between Southwold and Walberswick. Originally the river joined the sea at Dunwich (one of Parliament's rotten boroughs. Southwold is reached by the A1095, which crosses a causeway near Reydon. The causeway is claimed to have been built by the family of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, passing over Wolsey Creek, using Wolsey Bridge with views over the adjacent Hen Reedbeds bird reserve.
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Boulge
Coordinates: 52°07′34″N 1°17′38″E / 52.126°N 1.294°E / 52.126; 1.294
Boulge is a hamlet and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England. It is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Woodbridge.
Boulge church is the burial place of famous local poet/writer Edward Fitzgerald, whose most famous work was the translation The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
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Boyton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°04′30″N 1°27′50″E / 52.075°N 1.464°E / 52.075; 1.464
Boyton is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles east of Woodbridge, and close to Orford Ness.
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Bramfield, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°18′36″N 1°31′08″E / 52.31°N 1.519°E / 52.31; 1.519
Bramfield is a small village in the county of Suffolk, England. The village is found off the A12 road, one of the main arterial routes through the county.
Its most notable feature is the 13th century church, St. Andrew's, which has a separate 12th-century tower standing in the church grounds. It is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk and the only detached example in the county. The ground before the altar of the church is paved with a number of fine ledger slabs of members of the Rabett and Nelson families.
A pub, The Queen's Head, has been in The Good Food Guide for many years, and has won the pub of the year twice.
Bramfield is the burial place of Gladwyn Jebb, the first acting Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Brandeston
Coordinates: 52°11′N 1°16′E / 52.19°N 01.27°E / 52.19; 01.27
Brandeston is a village in Suffolk, England on the River Deben. 'Brandeston Hall'the largest building in the village, is now the preparatory department of nearby Framlingham College. It was largely destroyed in a fire in 1847 and rebuilt as an exact replica by its then owner Charles Austin QC, who married Harriet Jane Ingilby of Ripley.
Other buildings in the village are the Queen's Head pub which is currently run by local man Greg Lochhead along with the mediaeval parish church of All Saints.
Media related to Brandeston at Wikimedia Commons
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Brandon, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°26′51″N 0°37′27″E / 52.4474°N 0.6242°E / 52.4474; 0.6242
Brandon is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Forest Heath local government district. Brandon is located in the Breckland area on the border of Suffolk with the adjoining county of Norfolk. Surrounded by Forestry Commission and agricultural land it is still considered a rural town, although there is an RAF air base on lease to USAF, Lakenheath, approximately six miles away.
According to Eilert Ekwall (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names) the likely origin of the name is "Brandon, usually 'hill where broom grows'", the earliest known spelling being in the 11th Century when the town, gradually expanding up and along the rising ground of the river valley, was called Bromdun.
From prehistoric times the area was mined for flint as can be seen at Grimes Graves, a popular Brandon tourist destination. Much more recently, the town was a major centre for the production of gunflints.
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Bredfield
Coordinates: 52°07′41″N 1°18′50″E / 52.128°N 1.314°E / 52.128; 1.314
Bredfield is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is situated just off the A12, two miles north of Woodbridge. Another village, Dallinghoo, is to the north, and to the west is Boulge, a small hamlet. The population of Bredfield at the 2001 census was 308 (including 10 students living outside the village).
The historic building Bredfield House used to be situated in the village; however, it was damaged during World War II and has since been demolished. There is a historic chapel and a historic parish church.
Like many small villages, it was unable to sustain a shop, the last one closing in the 1980s. However, the villagers got together and started a community shop, initially in a portacabin but eventually moving into a purpose-built extension to the village hall.
There are several small businesses in the village, which is surrounded by farmland.
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Bromeswell
Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 1°22′01″E / 52.083°N 1.367°E / 52.083; 1.367
Bromeswell is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England about 2 miles east of Woodbridge.
Bromeswell shows many of the characteristics of a traditional English village. It is one of the most secluded, beautiful spots in Suffolk. It contains many forests, a nature reserve, a spectacular boardwalk, lakes, and the Deben river runs through it.
Situated near the River Deben, Bromeswell lies on fairly high and fertile ground with low-lying heathland to the South and marshland to the West.
A mile to the south west is Sutton Hoo, the Ango-Saxon burial site situated alongside the River Deben.
The parish church of Bromeswell is situated in what is considered the centre of the village. The church has roots from several centuries ago, with a tower to the West, a vestry to the North and a South porch. The church consists of various additional features from various centuries.
Bromeswell lacks most public amenities but has a bus stop, functioning red telephone box, post box and traditional village inn, the Bromeswell Cherry Tree.
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Bruisyard
Coordinates: 52°15′00″N 1°25′01″E / 52.25°N 1.417°E / 52.25; 1.417
Bruisyard is a village in the valley of the River Alde in the county of Suffolk, England. The village has a population of ~175. The village sign depicts Saint Clare of the Order of the Poor Clares who had an abbey in Bruisyard until the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII (see below). The village sign was commissioned by the Parish Council in 2004 and made by the sculptor Anne Smith [1]. The construction of a new village hall on the Parish Park was completed in December 2009 with support from many funding bodies including the Big Lottery Fund. The village hall was formally opened in July 2010. The village hall has a stained glass window by the artist Sharon McMullin depicting the local flora and fauna, and nine low relief plaster panels by the sculptor Anne Smith showing past and present local scenes of which the central panel shows the Domesday book entry for Bruisyard (Buresiart).
Bruisyard village sign
There used to be a wine-making vineyard in Bruisyard but this closed in 2002 [2].
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Bucklesham
Coordinates: 52°01′59″N 1°15′00″E / 52.033°N 1.25°E / 52.033; 1.25
Bucklesham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, a few miles east of Ipswich.
The village pub is The Shannon, named after Admiral Brooke's ship.
The village gave its name to HMS Bucklesham, a Ham class minesweeper.
The village boasts little conveniences, with only a school, a church, a village hall (shared with the neighbouring Foxhall) a number of houses and the previously mentioned pub to speak of. A small cottage - Shell Cottage - near St Mary's church was, in fact, the old school, and the names of the children can still be found written on the walls today. The newer school is larger than this, but still small by standards, with approximately 15 students per year group, and about 100 students in all. It, like the village, is very small. the village also has a playing field, popular with the village children and football team. The council has recently made updates to the field providing the children with new equipment, including swings and an obstacle course. Although a small village, Bucklesham certainly has a charming, rural feel about it, and you are always welcomed into the community.
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Bungay, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°26′59″N 1°26′52″E / 52.4496°N 1.4477°E / 52.4496; 1.4477
Bungay (/ˈbʌŋɡi/) is a market town in the English county of Suffolk. It lies in the Waveney valley, 5.5 miles (9 km) west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a meander of the River Waveney.
The origin of the name of Bungay is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon title 'Bunincga-haye', signifying the land belonging to the tribe of Bonna, a Saxon chieftain. Due to its high position, protected by the River Waveney and marshes, the site was in a good defensive position and attracted settlers from early times. Roman artifacts have been found in the region.
Bungay Castle was built by the Normans, but was later rebuilt by Roger Bigod and his family, who also owned Framlingham Castle. Bungay's village sign shows the castle. The Church of St. Mary was once the church of the Benedictine Priory, founded by Gundreda, wife of Roger de Glanville. It was here that one of the most famous episodes in Bungay's history occurred:
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Burgh, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°06′58″N 1°15′29″E / 52.116°N 1.258°E / 52.116; 1.258
Burgh ( /ˈbɜrɡ/) is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England, about 3.5 miles (6 km) north-west of Woodbridge.
St. Boltoph's church stands near the site of a Roman villa that stretches towards Clopton churchyard. The body of Saint Botolph is supposed to have lain in the church until 680, when it was removed by monks from the abbey at Bury St Edmunds.
The population of Burgh is about 200. Because of its small size, there is no parish council, and no parish rate is levied. Instead, there is a Parish Meeting to which all villagers are invited. This meeting occurs two or three times a year. During these meetings, residents are welcome to discuss the issues, problems, concerns and affairs of the village.
Several artists and craftsmen live and work in the village.
The neighbouring village of Grundisburgh and the towns of Woodbridge and Ipswich provide shops and all business and commercial services.
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Bury St Edmunds
Coordinates: 52°14′51″N 0°43′06″E / 52.2474°N 0.7183°E / 52.2474; 0.7183
Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England, and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre. Bury is the seat of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, with the episcopal see at St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
The town, originally called Beodericsworth, is known for brewing and malting (with the large Greene King brewery) and for a British Sugar processing factory. Many large and small businesses are located in Bury, which traditionally has given Bury an affluent economy with low unemployment,[citation needed] with the town being the main cultural and retail centre for West Suffolk. Tourism is also a major part of the economy, plus local government.
It is in the Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency and is represented in Parliament by David Ruffley.
Bury St Edmunds (Beodericsworth, St Edmund's Bury), supposed by some to have been the Villa Faustina of the Romans, was one of the royal towns of the Saxons.[citation needed]Sigebert, king of the East Angles, founded a monastery here about 633, which in 903 became the burial place of King Edmund, who was slain by the Danes in 869, and owed most of its early celebrity to the reputed miracles performed at the shrine of the martyr king. The town grew around Bury St Edmunds Abbey, a site of pilgrimage. By 925 the fame of St Edmund had spread far and wide, and the name of the town was changed to St Edmund's Bury. In 942 or 945 King Edmund had granted to the abbot and convent jurisdiction over the whole town, free from all secular services, and Canute in 1020 freed it from episcopal control. Edward the Confessor made the abbot lord of the franchise. Sweyn, in 1020, having destroyed the older monastery and ejected the secular priests, built a Benedictine abbey on St Edmund's Bury.
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Butley, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°06′25″N 1°27′29″E / 52.107°N 1.458°E / 52.107; 1.458
Butley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.
Butley lies 7+1⁄2 miles (12 km) east of the town of Woodbridge on the B1084 (Orford) road. Administratively, Butley forms part of the Suffolk Coastal district; from 1934 to 1974 it had been part of the former Deben Rural District.
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Campsea Ashe
Coordinates: 52°09′11″N 1°24′22″E / 52.153°N 1.406°E / 52.153; 1.406
Campsea Ashe (sometimes spelt Campsey Ash) is a village in Suffolk, England located approximately 5 miles (8 km) north east of Woodbridge and 6 miles (10 km) south west of Saxmundham.
The village is served by Wickham Market railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
It is recorded in the 1078 Domesday Book as two villages, the larger being Campesia and the other Esce.
Campsea is notable for its salerooms, run by Abbotts Auction Rooms, where a weekly auction dating from the early 1920s is held on Mondays.
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Capel St Andrew
Coordinates: 52°04′48″N 1°27′18″E / 52.080°N 1.455°E / 52.080; 1.455
Capel St Andrew is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is near the larger settlement of Orford.
Capel St Andrew is close to the River Butley which is a tributary to the River Ore. A small ferry service runs from close to Capel St Andrew across the River Butley and gives cyclists and walkers easy access to Orford. To the East of the village lie the RSPB reserve at Boyton Marshes.
Capel St Andrew was referred to as Capeles in the Domesday Book which is derived from the Latin for "chapel". Despite being named after a church the village does not have a church anymore. The church was demolished between 1529 and 1553
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Carlton Colville
Coordinates: 52°27′14″N 1°41′28″E / 52.454°N 1.691°E / 52.454; 1.691
Carlton Colville is an area in the suburbs of Lowestoft in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk, located 3 miles (5 km) south-west of the centre of the town. Significant residential development has occurred in the area since the 1960s, including more than 1,000 homes built in Carlton Park[citation needed]. The area lies along the A146 Lowestoft to Beccles road.
Carlton Colville has boundaries with Oulton Broad, Gisleham and Pakefield. It forms the south-western edge of Lowestoft, with Mutford 2 miles (3 km) to the south-east. The electoral ward continues to the north to the River Waveney and had a population of 6,612 at the 2001 census. Formerly a civil parish, the area was granted town council status in August 2011, retaining the same powers and funding.
Archaeological investigations have discovered evidence of settlement from the prehistoric to the medieval periods, including 3 large stone axe heads dating from the neolithic or early Bronze Age discovered together in a pit.
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Charsfield
Coordinates: 52°08′53″N 1°18′22″E / 52.148°N 1.306°E / 52.148; 1.306
Charsfield is a small Suffolk village of approximately 250 residents, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Wickham Market, 7 miles (11 km) miles from Woodbridge and 12 miles (19 km) miles 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 the key locations in the 1974 film Akenfield, based loosely upon the book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by the historian Ronald Blythe (1969). Charsfield hosted the first Greenbelt festival - an annual festival of arts, faith and justice - on a pig farm just outside the village over the August 1974 bank holiday weekend. Famous Charsfield residents include Charles Webb, a respected Victorian architect and Peggy Cole, a frequent speaker on BBC's Radio Suffolk.
Charsfield Village Hall, (based in the small Suffolk village of Charsfield), was originally built during the 1930s as the result of a gift from W. H. Youngman. It has been in use ever since and is now owned by the Parish Council and managed by the Village Hall Management Committee. In recent years the hall has been enlarged at the back but more ambitious plans to bring it up to modern standards of comfort and convenience have been restricted by available funds.
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Clare, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°05′N 0°35′E / 52.08°N 0.58°E / 52.08; 0.58
Clare is a small town on the north bank of the River Stour in Suffolk, England.
Clare is 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St Edmunds and 9 miles (14 km) from Sudbury. It lies in the 'South and Heart of Suffolk'. As a cloth town, it is one of Suffolk's 'threads'. Clare is the current holder of Village of the Year and has won the Anglia in Bloom award for Best Large Village 2011 for its floral displays. It has a cultural exchange relationship with Chatillon-sur-Indre. Clare and its vicinity reveals evidence of man's long habitation throughout prehistory. The historical record demonstrates a community which changes and yet persists across centuries, from the Norman Conquest through religious strife, agricultural upheaval and industrial revolution to the present day.
The town hosts Stour Valley Community School, one of the very first free schools established by the government, opened in September 2011.
As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded Managing a Masterpiece scheme, in April and May 2011 Access Cambridge Archaeology (ACA) gave residents, school pupils and members of the public the chance to carry out their own small archaeological 'test pit' excavations throughout Clare to find out how the town developed over hundreds - even thousands - of years in the past. Early results indicate the presence of Saxon pottery across many sites - the first evidence of Clare's importance before the Normans.
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Clopton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°07′01″N 1°15′00″E / 52.117°N 1.25°E / 52.117; 1.25
Clopton is a village in Suffolk. It is located between Ipswich and Debenham two kilometres north of Grundisburgh on the River Lark. A road with houses on each side is the extent of the village, surrounded by farm land.
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Cookley, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°19′23″N 1°27′29″E / 52.323°N 1.458°E / 52.323; 1.458
Cookley is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Halesworth and the village of Walpole. It has a church called Church of St Michael.
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Cratfield
Coordinates: 52°16′01″N 1°31′48″E / 52.267°N 1.53°E / 52.267; 1.53
Cratfield is a village in northern Suffolk, England.
Neighbouring villages include Laxfield, Metfield, Cookley, Huntingfield, Heveningham. The nearest town, Halesworth, is approximately 5 miles (8 km) away. Southwold is a popular, nearby coastal town. The market town of Framlingham is also close by.
Cratfield is a small farming and residential community. It currently has no shop, but has a pub, The Cratfield Poacher, and several bed and breakfast hotels. Cratfield is also home to St Mary's Church (15th/16th century) — built of flint, mainly Perpendicular and noted particularly for its very fine font.
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Culpho
Coordinates: 52°05′46″N 1°13′30″E / 52.096°N 1.225°E / 52.096; 1.225
Culpho (pronounced Cul-fo) is a hamlet of about 40 people standing just outside Grundisburgh, Suffolk, about four miles west of Woodbridge. Its nearest villages are Great Bealings and Playford. It is big enough to have its own church, St Botolphs, which is part of a shared benefice with Great Bealings, Little Bealings and Playford.
In 1280 an abbey was erected here on behalf of the monks of Leiston Abbey but this has long been demolished and a farmhouse now stands in its place.
Culpho is one of the Thankful Villages - those very rare places that suffered no fatalities in the Great War of 1914 to 1918.
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Dallinghoo
Coordinates: 52°08′46″N 1°18′43″E / 52.146°N 1.312°E / 52.146; 1.312
Dallinghoo is a village some 3 miles (4.5 km) north of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Formed from Church Road (west) and Pound Hill to the south and branches NE after the centre of the village.
Its church was originally a large building with a central tower but the chancel has since been destroyed. The Church also had connections with nearby Letheringham Abbey.
Dallinghoo is also the birthplace of Francis Light, founder of Penang in Malaysia and father of William Light who founded Adelaide in Australia.
Dallinghoo Village Hall (TM2654) is off Pound Hill a little north of the village.
The Oldest and most important house in Dallinghoo is Whitehouse Farm.
Dallinghoo Hall (TM2754) is 1 km SE from the village.
Dallinghoo has featured in the press in 2009 after £500,000 worth of Iceni gold coins were found in a field.
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Darsham
Coordinates: 52°16′01″N 1°31′48″E / 52.267°N 1.53°E / 52.267; 1.53
Darsham is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located approximately 4 miles (6 km) north east of Saxmundham. The village is bypassed by the A12 and is served by Darsham railway station, which is approximately one mile away from the village centre, on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
The name of the village of Darsham derives from Deores Ham — home of the deer. This name is borne out by early reference to local roadways as chaseways. There was hunting in this area as late as the 18th century. Darsham is a mixed community with six farms. The village still has a pub The Fox, however over the past few years the village has lost its school, shop and post office.
The garage on the A12, now primarily a petrol station, has a cafe and a shop. There is also a farm shop, a hand made tile factory, a pottery, a builder, an irrigation contractor, a plant nursery, seed and feed merchants, a national chain roadside-restaurant and a cafe. A private nursing home and a cycle hire business provide a service for those who require it.
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Debach
Debach is a small village about 4 miles northwest of Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. At the time of the Domesday Book, 1086, it was called Debenbeis or Debeis, Depebecs, Debec or Debes and located in the Hundred of Wilford. The book lists the landowners there at that time as Count Alan, Roger Bigot - the Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and Sturstan son of Widdow and Roger de Poitou from him, The Bishop of Bayeux, William de Warenne, Geoffrey de Mandeville and Ranulph Peveril. There were 9.5 households in the village and the taxable value to the lord at that time was £0.2. The survey recorded that the village's resources included an acre of meadow, one church and 0.06 acres of church land.
In 1066 Edric Grimm had been the overlord of Debach.[1]
The 2001 census recorded 30 households in the village with a total population of 75. The population was estimated to consist of 80 people in 2005. These figures were notably smaller than those recorded in 19th century censuses:- in 1801 the population of Debach was 117, in 1851 there was a total population of 113 in 25 households and in 1881 a total of 138 people lived there in 29 households with about 66% of those whose occupation was recorded being employed directly in agriculture. The population peaked at 140 in 1901 and 1911 and was still 127 in 1951 but fell dramatically by 1961 to 90.
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Dennington
Coordinates: 52°13′17″N 1°20′28″E / 52.22146°N 1.34101°E / 52.22146; 1.34101
Dennington is a small village in Suffolk, England, just north of Framlingham along the A1120 Bypass.
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Easton, Suffolk
The former estate village of Easton in England is situated on the River Deben around three miles (5 km) south of Framlingham. Following the end of the World War 1 the British government imposed super taxes on the rich to help defray the cost of the war. Faced with these taxes and with the cost of restoring Easton from it use as a Red Cross Hospital during the war the Duchess of Hamilton and her husband, Lord James Graham decided to sell the estate.
The land was divided into 137 lots and sold by auction in 1919. The sale attracted a great deal of attention and raised £58000 (£4.6 million today) but the Mansion and its 150-acre (0.61 km2) parkland remained unsold. It was sold privately for £11,278 (£900,000 today)and the parkland was transferred to Martley Hall. With very little land the Mansions fate was sealed and in December 1924 demolition began. Some of the artifacts were removed and incorporated into Martley Hall and other local houses.
Easton is also the home of Easton Farm Park, a farming museum with a selection of rare breeds and other countryside related activities.
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England
England
i/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.
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English Channel
The English Channel (French: la Manche, Breton: Mor Breizh, Cornish: Mor Bretannek), often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about 560 km (350 mi) long and varies in width from 240 km (150 mi) at its widest to 34 km (21 mi) in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some 75,000 km2 (29,000 sq mi).
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the English Channel as follows:
On the West. A line joining Isle Vierge (48°38′23″N 4°34′13″W / 48.63972°N 4.57028°W / 48.63972; -4.57028) to Lands End (50°04′N 5°43′W / 50.067°N 5.717°W / 50.067; -5.717).
On the East. The Southwestern limit of the North Sea.
The IHO defines the southwestern limit of the North Sea as "a line joining the Walde Lighthouse (France, 1°55'E) and Leathercoat Point (England, 51°10'N)". The Walde Lighthouse is 6 km east of Calais (50°59′06″N 1°55′00″E / 50.985°N 1.9166667°E / 50.985; 1.9166667), and Leathercoat Point is at the north end of St Margaret's Bay, Kent (51°10′00″N 1°24′00″E / 51.1666667°N 1.4°E / 51.1666667; 1.4).
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Farnham, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°11′17″N 1°27′04″E / 52.188°N 1.451°E / 52.188; 1.451
Farnham is a village and civil parish about 4 km South-South West of Saxmundham in Suffolk, England on the A12. Its history goes back to at least 1707 C.E.
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Felixstowe
Coordinates: 51°57′40″N 1°21′27″E / 51.9610°N 1.3576°E / 51.9610; 1.3576
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. The town is situated across the estuary of the River Orwell and the River Stour from Harwich in Essex.
A village has stood on the site since long before the Norman conquest[citation needed] The early history of Felixstowe, including its Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and medieval defences, is told under the name of Walton, because the name Felixstowe was given retrospectively, during the 13th century, to a place which had already been important for well over a thousand years.[citation needed]
It continued as a linchpin in England's defence, as proved when in 1667 Dutch soldiers landed near the Fludyers area and failed to capture Landguard Fort. The town only became a major port in 1886. In addition to shipping, tourism increased, and a pier was constructed in 1905 which is still running well to this day. Indeed, during the late Victorian period (after circa 1880) it became a fashionable resort, a trend initiated by the opening of Felixstowe railway station, the pier, (see above) and a visit by the German imperial family. It remained so until the late 1930s. In 1953, at least 48 people died in the town in the North Sea flood.
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Felixstowe Ferry
Coordinates: 51°59′20″N 1°23′24″E / 51.989°N 1.39°E / 51.989; 1.39
Felixstowe Ferry is a hamlet in Suffolk, England, approximately two miles northeast of Felixstowe at the mouth of the River Deben with a ferry to the Bawdsey peninsula.
Local businesses include the Ferry Cafe and the Ferry Boat Inn, freshly caught fish is usually available at the quay side. St. Nicholas's Church was built in 1954 on the site of the prior church, which was built in 1870 and destroyed by German bombing in 1943.
Two Martello towers dominate the sea front.
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Forest Heath
Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Mildenhall. Other towns in the district include Newmarket.
The district's name reflects the fact that it contains parts of both Thetford Forest and the heathlands of Breckland. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Newmarket urban district and Mildenhall Rural District.
Forest Heath is the home to two of the largest USAF air bases in the UK, RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, as well as the headquarters of British horse racing, Newmarket Racecourse.
The district contains three market towns and twenty civil parishes.
Coordinates: 52°20′46″N 0°31′08″E / 52.3461°N 0.5190°E / 52.3461; 0.5190
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Framlingham
Coordinates: 52°13′19″N 1°20′36″E / 52.22207°N 1.34342°E / 52.22207; 1.34342
Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District of Suffolk, England. Commonly referred to as "Fram" by the locals, it is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has a population of 3,114 at the 2001 census. Nearby villages include Earl Soham, Kettleburgh, Parham, Saxtead, and Sweffling.
Framlingham has a conservation area. The town is home to the summer arts festival Arts Framlingham, Framlingham Castle, the comprehensive secondary school Thomas Mills High School, the independent school Framlingham College, St Michael the Archangel church and Framlingham Town football club. It is also home to the two oldest working post office pillar boxes in the UK which date from 1856 and can be seen at Double Street and College Road.[citation needed]
It is also home to one of the smallest houses in Britain known as "The Check House". Converted into a two-storey residence of almost 29 square metres, the former bookmakers office is in the Mauldens Mill Estate in the town centre. The ground floor measures 6.1m x 2.2m.
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Friston
Coordinates: 52°11′24″N 1°31′41″E / 52.190°N 1.528°E / 52.190; 1.528
Friston is a village in Suffolk, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Saxmundham, its post town, and 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Aldeburgh. The River Alde bounds the village on the south. The surrounding land is chiefly arable. The soil becomes partly marshy in the lower grounds. The village is noted for its early nineteenth century post mill.
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Frisetuna and seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Frīsa tūn = "the farmstead of the Frisians"; some of them may have come with the Angles and Saxons.
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Gedgrave
Coordinates: 52°05′02″N 1°30′36″E / 52.084°N 1.510°E / 52.084; 1.510
Gedgrave is a small village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 30. It shares a parish council with nearby Orford.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] (
listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Great Bealings
Coordinates: 52°05′38″N 1°15′25″E / 52.094°N 1.257°E / 52.094; 1.257
Great Bealings is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has about 310 people living in it, in around 120 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich (6 miles (9.7 km) away) and Woodbridge (2.6 miles (4.2 km)). Nearby villages include Little Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Hasketon and Grundisburgh. The village does not have an obvious centre, and the population is split between two areas — one around Lower Street to the East of the village, and the other at Boot Street/Grundisburgh Road to the West of the village. St Mary's, the village church, is about in the middle of these two centres of population.
The village shares a playing field with Little Bealings, which is located behind the joint Village Hall, and includes a grassed plateau, a fenced and hard surfaced multi-sports court, children's play equipment, and a boules piste. It is named after John Ganzoni, Lord Belstead, who lived in the village for many years, and whose Charitable Trust Fund supported the project.
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Grundisburgh
Coordinates: 52°06′45″N 1°14′46″E / 52.11241°N 1.2462°E / 52.11241; 1.2462
Grundisburgh is a village of more than 1,530 residents situated in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coastal district, six miles north-east from Ipswich and four miles north-west of Woodbridge located on the B1079. Flowing through the village are the rivers Lark and Gull. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Grundesbur", "Grundesburg", "Grundesburh" or "Grundesburc".
The village has a primary school, a Church of England church and a Baptist chapel as well as one pub, the Dog. The Grundisburgh and District News is a newspaper which is published by volunteers every two months and provides news for Grundisburgh and the surrounding villages and hamlets. There are two fords in the village. The village is the setting for A Wicked Deed by Susanna Gregory.
Grundisburgh Primary School is a medium sized school with 131 pupils at the time of the last Ofsted inspection. It is located in a modern building in Alice Driver Road which was built in 1989 after spending 115 years at the Old School next to St Mary's Church. The Old School building has now been converted into affordable housing, which was opened by John Gummer MP in July 1994.
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Hadleigh, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°02′38″N 0°57′40″E / 52.044°N 0.961°E / 52.044; 0.961
Hadleigh is an ancient market town in Suffolk, East Anglia, located in the South of England. It is situated between the larger towns of Sudbury and Ipswich.
The town is the location for the headquarters of Babergh District Council.
Guthrum, King of the Danes, is said to be buried in the grounds of St. Mary Church in the town. He was defeated by King Alfred in the 9th century.
Hadleigh was one of the East Anglian towns that derived its prosperity from its wool and cloth industries. It has a 15th century timber-framed Guildhall and many fine examples of timber and brick listed buildings, some with highly detailed 17th century plasterwork or "pargeting". Most of these buildings can be found in the High Street, Benton Street, and the immediate area of these streets.
The deanery, which is next to the church, is a Grade I listed building. It is a highly distinctive brick building.
Like its near-neighbour, East Bergholt, Hadleigh was also known during the 16th century for its Protestant radicalism, Rowland Taylor, a noted preacher from the town (and his curate, Richard Yeoman), was martyred during the reign of Queen Mary I. The Oxford Movement was said to have been founded in 1833 following a meeting in the deanery. The town to this day supports a United Reformed Church, a Baptist chapel and a Salvation Army congregation, as well as the Church of England church and a Roman Catholic church.
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Halesworth
Coordinates: 52°20′31″N 1°30′22″E / 52.342°N 1.506°E / 52.342; 1.506
Halesworth is a small market town (population of around 6,000) in the northeastern corner of Suffolk, England. It is located 15 miles (24 km) south west of Lowestoft, and stands on a small tributary of the River Blyth, 9 miles (14 km) upstream from Southwold. The town is served by Halesworth railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Halesworth is twinned with both Bouchain in France and Eitorf in Germany.
A Roman settlement, Halesworth has a medieval church; St Mary's with Victorian additions and a variety of houses, from early timber-framed buildings to the remnants of Victorian prosperity. Former almshouses used to house the Halesworth & District Museum (open from May to September) but this has now been moved to Halesworth railway station. The Town Trail walk provides opportunity to discover the history of Halesworth.
Halesworth is primarily centred on a pedestrianised, shopping street known as the Thoroughfare. "Thoroughfare" is an East Anglian term for the main street of a town - what would be commonly known elsewhere in the UK as the "high street". Each year the Thoroughfare hosts a popular food, drink and craft fair, termed the "Thoroughfair", to raise money for good causes.
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Harwich
Coordinates: 51°56′08″N 1°15′45″E / 51.9355°N 1.2625°E / 51.9355; 1.2625
Harwich ( /ˈhærɪtʃ/) is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south. It is the northernmost coastal town within Essex.
Its position on the estuaries of the Stour and Orwell rivers and its usefulness to mariners as the only safe anchorage between the Thames and Humber led to a long period of maritime significance, both civil and military. The town became a naval base in 1657 and was heavily fortified, with Harwich Redoubt, Beacon Hill Battery, and Bath Side Battery.
Harwich today is contiguous with Dovercourt and the two, along with Parkeston, are often referred to collectively as Harwich.
The town's name means "military settlement," from Old English here-wic.
The town received its charter in 1238, although there is evidence of earlier settlement - for example, a record of a chapel in 1177, and some indications of a possible Roman presence.[citation needed]
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Hasketon
Coordinates: 52°06′29″N 1°16′54″E / 52.10818°N 1.28156°E / 52.10818; 1.28156
Hasketon is a small village in Suffolk, England.
Its church, St. Andrews, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. St. Andrews stands more or less at the centre of its scattered parish, and is set in a tree-shaded churchyard which, in 1845, had been planted with beech, fir and elm.
There has been a church at this place for more than 900 years. This ancient church contains craftsmanship from many periods. From what can be seen and derived from what little documentary evidence is available, the history of this church is as follows:
The 11th century: The earliest part of the present church is the nave, where evidence of late Saxon or early Norman work in the layered masonry with which parts of the walls are faced can be found. There is also a little herring-bone masonry in the south wall, where there remains a tiny blocked window of this date. Clearly the core of the nave dates from the period just before or just after the Norman Conquest of 1066.
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Haverhill, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°05′N 0°26′E / 52.08°N 0.44°E / 52.08; 0.44
Haverhill (pronounced /ˈhævrɪl/) is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Cambridge and 45 miles (72 km) north of central London. Haverhill is the second largest town in the Borough of St Edmundsbury and has a population of 22,010, although this has grown considerably since the last census (2001).
The town centre lies at the base of a gentle dip in the chalk hills of the Newmarket Ridge; running through the town is the Stour Brook, which goes on to join the River Stour just outside the town. Rapid expansion of the town over the last two decades means that the western edge of Haverhill now includes the hamlet of Hanchet End. The surrounding countryside largely consists of arable land.
Haverhill dates back to at least Saxon times,[citation needed] and the town's market is recorded in the Domesday book (1086). Whilst most of its historical buildings were lost to the great fire on 14 June 1667,[citation needed] one notable Tudor-era house remains (reportedly given to Anne of Cleves as part of her divorce from Henry VIII and thus titled Anne of Cleves House) as well as many interesting Victorian buildings.
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Heveningham
Coordinates: 52°18′04″N 1°25′16″E / 52.301°N 1.421°E / 52.301; 1.421
Heveningham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located four miles south-west of Halesworth, in 2005 it had a population of 120.
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Hollesley
Coordinates: 52°02′56″N 1°25′48″E / 52.049°N 1.430°E / 52.049; 1.430
Hollesley is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the Bawdsey peninsula five miles south-east of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 1,400.
Hollesley Bay Prison is located nearby.
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Hoo, Suffolk
Hoo is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Wickham Market and the villages of Kettleburgh, Charsfield and Letheringham.
Coordinates: 51°24′N 0°34′E / 51.4°N 0.567°E / 51.4; 0.567
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Iken
Coordinates: 52°08′50″N 1°31′40″E / 52.1472°N 1.5277°E / 52.1472; 1.5277
Iken is a small village and civil parish in the marshlands of the English county of Suffolk.
It is near the estuary of the River Alde on the North Sea coast and is located south east of Snape and due north of Orford.
The Anchorage, formerly an island in what was a marsh at the edge of the estuary, is the most likely site of Saint Botolph's Abbey, Ikenhoe. During excavations in 1977 Dr Stanley West discovered part of a large stone Saxon cross incorporated into the wall of the Church tower. The Cross was carved with the heads of dogs and wolves, symbols which were traditionally recognised as St Botolph's emblems during the Middle Ages and therefore it is thought that the cross may originally have been a memorial to him.
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Ipswich
Ipswichi/ˈɪpswɪtʃ/ is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell. Nearby towns are Felixstowe, Needham Market and Stowmarket in Suffolk and Harwich and Colchester in Essex.
The town of Ipswich overspills the borough boundaries significantly, with 85% of the town's population living within the borough at the time of the 2001 Census, when it was the third-largest settlement in the United Kingdom's East of England region, and the 49th largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
The modern name is derived from the medieval name 'Gippeswick', probably taken from the River Gipping which is the non-tidal section of the River Orwell. As of 2007, the borough of Ipswich is estimated to have a population of approximately 128,000 inhabitants.
Under the Roman empire, the area around Ipswich formed an important route inland to rural towns and settlements via the rivers Orwell and Gipping.[citation needed] A large Roman fort, part of the coast defences of Britain, stood at Walton near Felixstowe (13 miles, 21 km), and the largest Roman villa in Suffolk (possibly an administrative complex) stood at Castle Hill (north-west Ipswich).
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Ipswich Buses
Ipswich Buses Ltd is a bus company that operates in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK and has been doing so for over 100 years. Its depot is situated in Constantine Road, near Ipswich Town's football ground. First Eastern Counties also operate bus services in the town on complementary routes.
It became an "arm's length" limited company following the deregulation of bus services under the 1985 Transport Act with a board of directors responsible for managing and directing its affairs. It is one of 11 remaining municipal bus companies in the UK and is owned by Ipswich Borough Council.
In the May 2011 elections the Ipswich Labour Party won control of Ipswich Borough Council. In the manifesto that the Labour party released prior to the election, it had some points on the subject of Ipswich Buses. They said they would not privatise the company, this was said after the previous control of the Borough Council (a Conservative, Liberal Democrat coalition) stated it was still interested in trying to sell the company or part of the company. Also, the Ipswich Labour party said it would 'invest' in the company, to improve existing services, for new vehicles and ensuring it provided a service the Ipswich people want.
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Kelsale cum Carlton
Kelsale cum Carlton is a civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Situated to the north of Saxmundham, the parish includes in addition to Kelsale and Carlton villages and hamlets such as Dorley's Corner, Curlew Green, East Green and North Green within its boundaries.
In Kelsale village centre there is an Old Guildhall of 1495 that is now used as a training centre, and up on the hill the Parish Church of St Mary and St Peter has a distinctive Lych gate. Inside there is an elaborate pulpit dated before 1631 and a statue of Samuel Clouting by Thomas Thurlow of Saxmundham. Kelsale has a Primary School.
Carlton is immediately north of Saxmundham and is the location for all the larger businesses based at the Carlton Park Industrial Estate. Adjoining this is the Carlton Park Sports ground which is owned by Saxmundham Sports Club, also the location of the Carlton Park Caravan Site. Also on the Carlton Park is Carlton Hall former home of Richard Garrett III who is buried there in the churchyard. The Church of St Peter has a brick tower set amongst arable land in the grounds of Carlton Park. Prominent on the skyline is a disused Tower mill.
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Kesgrave
Coordinates: 52°03′46″N 1°14′16″E / 52.0629°N 1.2379°E / 52.0629; 1.2379
Kesgrave is a small town in the English county of Suffolk on the northern edge of Ipswich.
The town was recorded as Gressgrava in the Domesday Book, by the late 15th century its name had become Kesgrave. Kesgrave remained a small agricultural settlement with just a church, inn and a few farmsteads for over 700 years. In 1921 the population was only 103 housed in 20 dwellings. Since then great changes have taken place.
By 1988 Kesgrave covered an area of more than 80,000 acres (320,000,000 m2). Kesgrave parish council officially adopted the title of a town in January 2000.
Kesgrave High School is a large 11-18 comprehensive co-educational school with nearly 2000 pupils. A study for Sustrans noted that 61% of the pupils cycled to the school. This is largely due to the installation of a large cycle lane through the housing estate and along the main road. The school actively encourages walking or cycling and provides bicycle storage facilities.
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Knodishall
Coordinates: 52°12′N 1°33′E / 52.2°N 1.55°E / 52.2; 1.55
Knodishall is a village in Suffolk, England. The village is located 3.5 miles (6 km) southeast of Saxmundham and 1 mile (2 km) southwest of Leiston, its post town. Most of the village is now in Coldfair Green, with only a few houses remaining in the original village by the parish church of St Lawrence.
The village is dispersed and close to both Leiston and Aldeburgh. It has a village shop, a pub The Butchers Arms, a smallholding, garage and Coldfair Green Primary School. The village expanded with the building of a small housing estate in the mid 1980s.
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Landguard Fort
Built just outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, at the mouth of the River Orwell, Landguard Fort was designed to guard the entrance to Harwich. The first fortifications from 1540 were a few earthworks and blockhouse, but it was James I of England who ordered the construction of a square fort with bulwarks at each corner.
In 1667 the Dutch landed a force of 1500 men on Felixstowe beach and advanced on the fort, but were repulsed by Nathaniel Darrell and his garrison of 400 musketeers of the Duke of York & Albany's Maritime Regiment (the first English Marines) and 100 artillerymen with 54 cannon. The fort was considered part of Essex in the 18th and 19th centuries; births and deaths within the garrison were recorded as 'Landguard Fort, Essex'.
A new Fort battery was built in 1717, and a complete new fort on an adjoining site was started in 1745 to a pentagonal bastioned trace. New batteries were built in the 1750s and 1780, but the biggest change was in the 1870s where the interior barracks were rebuilt to a keep-like design, the river frontage was rebuilt with a new casemated battery covered by a very unusual caponier with a quarter sphere bomb proof nose. Several open bastions were enclosed, and a mock ravelin block constructed to house a submarine mining contingent.
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Leiston
Coordinates: 52°12′22″N 1°34′44″E / 52.206°N 1.579°E / 52.206; 1.579
Leiston is a town in eastern Suffolk, England. It is situated near Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the North Sea coast and is 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Ipswich and 90 miles (140 km) northeast from London. The town had a population of 6,240 at the 2001 Census.
The 14th Century remains of Leiston Abbey lie northwest of the town.
Leiston thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a manufacturing town dominated by Richard Garrett & Sons, owners of the "Leiston Works". This firm made steam tractors and a huge variety of cast and machined metal products, including munitions during both world wars. The works closed in 1981 and the site was reused as a mixture of housing, flats and industrial uses. The Long Shop Museum, showing the history, vehicles and products of the works, remains as a heritage tourist attraction.
During World War II, RAF Leiston, 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the town in the neighbouring village of Theberton, sent fighter squadrons of the American 357th Fighter Group to fight the Luftwaffe. Famous American test pilot and fighter ace General Chuck Yeager (who, later, first broke the sound barrier) flew out of RAF Leiston. The Friends of Leiston Airfield hold a memorial service and flying display at the end of May each year, with veterans and their families attending.
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Letheringham
Coordinates: 52°10′20″N 1°19′27″E / 52.172247°N 1.324282°E / 52.172247; 1.324282
Letheringham is a sparsely populated civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal (former Deben Rural District) in Suffolk, England, on the Deben River.
St Mary is a tiny church, the remains of the tower and nave of a Priory church, and sits in a farmyard. It is open 24 hours a day.
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Linstead Magna
Coordinates: 52°20′24″N 1°24′22″E / 52.340°N 1.406°E / 52.340; 1.406
Linstead Magna is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 60. It shares a parish council with nearby Chediston and Linstead Parva.
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Linstead Parva
Coordinates: 52°20′56″N 1°25′37″E / 52.349°N 1.427°E / 52.349; 1.427
Linstead Parva is a small village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 90, making it larger than neighbouring Linstead Magna. It shares a parish council with Linstead Magna and nearby Chediston.
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Little Bealings
Coordinates: 52°05′04″N 1°15′11″E / 52.0844°N 1.253°E / 52.0844; 1.253
Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich (5.1 miles (8.2 km) away) and Woodbridge (3.1 miles (5.0 km) away). Nearby villages include Great Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Martlesham and Grundisburgh.
The village is centred around its public house, the Admiral's Head, and also contains a village school, a village hall and a meeting room called the Angela Cobbold Memorial Hall.
Until 1956 the village had an active railway station. This was closed as part of the 1950s rail closure programme, prior to the Beeching Axe. The station is now used as commercial office premises. The railway line running through the station remains active, as part of the Ipswich to Lowestoft line, and crosses the main street at an automatic level crossing.
Little Bealings' church is All Saints, part of a shared benefice with Great Bealings, Playford and Culpho.
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London
Londoni/ˈlʌndən/ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's leading financial centre alongside New York City and has the fifth-largest city GDP in the world (and the largest in Europe). London has been described as a world cultural capital. It was the world's most visited city during 2011 and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.
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Lowestoft
Coordinates: 52°29′N 1°45′E / 52.48°N 1.75°E / 52.48; 1.75
Lowestoft ( /ˈloʊ.əstɒft/, /ˈloʊstɒft/ or /ˈloʊstəf/) is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is 110 miles (177 km) north-east of London, 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich. It is situated on the edge of the Broads system and is the major settlement within the district of Waveney with a population of 64,358 at the 2001 census.
Some of the earliest evidence of settlement in Britain have been found in Lowestoft and the town has a long history. It is a port town which developed due to the fishing industry and a traditional seaside resort. It has wide, sandy beaches, two piers and a number of other tourist attractions. Whilst its fisheries have declined, the development of oil and gas exploitation in the southern North Sea in the 1960s led to the development of the town, along with nearby Great Yarmouth, as a base for the industry. This role has since declined and the town has begun to develop as a centre of the renewable energy industry within the East of England.
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Martlesham
Coordinates: 52°04′24″N 1°16′55″E / 52.07327°N 1.28181°E / 52.07327; 1.28181
Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles (3 km) South-West of Woodbridge and 6 miles (9.7 km) East of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development (1 km) to the south although both form a single administrative parish. Also at Martlesham Heath is BT's Research and Development Centre, now called Adastral Park.
Martlesham was recorded in Domesday as "Merlesham". The history and meaning of the name are studied in a paper by Briggs. It probably means `meadow near the mooring-place'.
It is believed that there was a Roman settlement at Martlesham and in the parish there have been some 26 finds dating from the Roman occupation. These include pottery, brooches, coins and tesserae. Of particular note was the 19th century find of a small bronze statue of a horse on a plinth, bearing a Latin inscription indicating that this was an offering dedicated by a woman named Simplicia to the god Mars.
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Melton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 1°19′59″E / 52.1°N 1.333°E / 52.1; 1.333
Melton is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile north east of Woodbridge. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3718. The village is served by Melton railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Melton was covered in the Domesday Book. In 1774 a local Act established the Loes and Wilford Hundred Incorporation at Melton. The House of Industry (workhouse) operated until 1826. From 1826 the building became the Suffolk County Asylum for Pauper Lunatics. Much altered during the 19th and early 20th centuries, in 1916 the asylum became known as St Audry's Hospital, which was closed in 1993 (approx date). The buildings have been converted into residential accommodation.
Melton was originally settled around the old church in the north east of Melton, later moving to Yarmouth Road, which is the old road between Great Yarmouth and London. The bestselling Victorian novelist Henry Seton Merriman died at Melton in 1903.
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Mid Suffolk
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Needham Market, and the largest town is Stowmarket.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Eye, Stowmarket urban district, Gipping Rural District, Hartismere Rural District and Thedwastre Rural District.
The district has the most parishes in Suffolk, with a total of 122 parishes and towns.
Coordinates: 52°09′22″N 1°02′56″E / 52.1560°N 1.0489°E / 52.1560; 1.0489
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Middleton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°15′00″N 1°34′01″E / 52.25°N 1.567°E / 52.25; 1.567
Middleton is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Leiston, 5 miles (8 km) north east of Saxmundham and 3 miles (5 km) from the Suffolk coast. The village is on the B1122 2 miles (3 km) east of Yoxford and had a population of 359 at the 2001 census.
The parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The village has one pub, the Bell Inn owned by Adnams Brewery, and until the last decade the village had a post office. The nearest post office now is located in the village of Westleton. Middleton primary school currently caters for children aged 5 to 9 years old.
Translator Michael Hamburger lived in the village until his death in 2007.
Media related to Middleton, Suffolk at Wikimedia Commons
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Mildenhall, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°20′41″N 0°30′32″E / 52.34461°N 0.50890°E / 52.34461; 0.50890
Mildenhall is a small market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is part of the non-metropolitan district of Forest Heath and has a population of 9,906 people. The town is near the A11 and is located 60 km (37 mi) north-west of county town, Ipswich. The large Royal Air Force base, RAF Mildenhall as well as RAF Lakenheath, are located north of the town. The former is used by the United States Air Force, as the headquarters of its 100th Air Refueling Wing and 352nd Special Operations Group.
Mildenhall centres on a market place with a 16th-century hexagonal market cross and town pump. The town's market is held here on every Friday and originated as a weekly chartered market in, it is believed, the 15th century. The Mildenhall Museum in the centre of the town contains displays of local history and wildlife, the history of the RAF base, and information on the Mildenhall Treasure. In 1934, Mildenhall was the start point of the MacRobertson Air Race to Melbourne, in Australia. Mildenhall currently (2011) has its own radio station, ZACK FM, broadcasting on 105.3 FM; the transmitter is located at the top of St Mary's church and radiates 100 W. The station format is Classic Hits and broadcasts 24 hours a day with a mix of music, news and information Mildenhall is mentioned in passing in the Pink Floyd song 'Let There Be More Light' on the 1968 album A Saucerful Of Secrets as a speculated location for first contact between humanity and extraterrestrial life.
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Nacton
Coordinates: 52°01′01″N 1°13′59″E / 52.017°N 1.233°E / 52.017; 1.233
Nacton is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal region of Suffolk, England, taking its name from the village within it. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Levington to the east and Bucklesham in the north. It is located between the towns of Ipswich and Felixstowe.
Nacton abuts the River Orwell opposite the village of Pin Mill. Riverside features covered by this parish are (from east to west) Buttermans Bay, Potter's Point, Downham Reach, Mulberry Middle and Pond Oose.
Nacton parish is the mother for the villages of Levington and Bucklesham and was sufficiently large to have a workhouse. This was used by Amberfield School as its main building until it closed in 2011. The more adventurous explorer can find the old burial ground opposite the entrance to lane leading down to the school. The site of Alnesbourne Priory is close to Nacton.
The village public house is the Shepherd and Dog, outside the village proper alongside the A1156 (formerly A45) road at the far northern edge of the parish.
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Needham Market
Coordinates: 52°09′06″N 1°03′22″E / 52.1518°N 1.0561°E / 52.1518; 1.0561
Needham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. The town of Needham, Massachusetts was named after Needham Market.
It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. To prevent the spread of the disease, the town was chained at either end, which succeeded in its task but at the cost of two-thirds of the populace. The town did not recover for nearly two hundred years, with the canalisation of the River Gipping in the late 18th Century and the introduction of the railway. Modern Needham Market contains two road names that are linked to the plague. Chainhouse Road, named after the chains that ran across the East end of the town. The Causeway, is a modern variation of 'the corpseway' so called because of the route that plague victims were transported out of town, to neighbouring Barking church for interment.
Notable Buildings in the town include:
Needham Market has a Non-League football club Needham Market F.C. who play at Bloomfields, they have been very successful over recent years after reaching the semi-finals of the FA Vase.
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Newbourne
Coordinates: 52°02′21″N 1°18′43″E / 52.039247°N 1.312068°E / 52.039247; 1.312068
Newbourne is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal region of Suffolk, England. It lies on the peninsula between the River Orwell and the River Deben, to the east of Ipswich and south of Woodbridge.
The name Newbourne is commonly accepted to derive from the Old English words for 'new stream.' However, it has also been put forward that its origins may be from the Old Norse words for 'nine springs,' which is supported by the large number of nearby springs and other villages in the local area with names of Old Norse origin.
Facilities available in Newbourne include:
The length of human habitation at Newbourne is unknown but record of the settlement is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name 'Neubrunna'.
In the 1881 census the total population of Newbourne is recorded as 141. This decreased in each census thereafter, with a low of 81 in 1931, until in 1951 the census showed a significant increase to a total population of 291. This rise in population was primarily due to the influx of people brought into the village by the Land Settlement Association.
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Orford, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°05′39″N 1°32′13″E / 52.0943°N 1.5370°E / 52.0943; 1.5370
Orford is a small town in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.
Like many Suffolk coastal towns it was of some importance as a port and fishing village in the Middle Ages. It still has a fine mediaeval castle, built to dominate the River Ore.
The main geographical feature of the area is Orford Ness, a long, wide shingle spit at the mouth of the Ore. Orford Ness has in the past been used as an airstrip testing facility and in the early 1970s it was the site of a powerful radar station as part of the Cold War defences against low flying attacking aircraft; today it is a nature reserve run by the National Trust.
Orford provides the only point of access to the nature reserves of Orford Ness and Havergate Island. Both sites can only be accessed via ferry boat from Orford quay. The Orford Ness ferry runs on selected days between April and October and the Havergate Island ferry on selected Saturdays.
Orford now mainly exists on tourism and as a weekend and holiday home. It has grown significantly in the last 20 years with an increasing new build to accommodate second home-owners; its population greatly increases during the summer months due to its flourishing sailing club. As well as the Castle, Orford's attractions include river cruises, a number of pubs and hotels, a traditional post office which sells fresh bread, a smokehouse, and two restaurants; the Butley-Orford Oysterage and the Crown and Castle Hotel, owned by food writer TV personality Ruth Watson.
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Otley, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°09′08″N 1°13′18″E / 52.1521°N 1.2216°E / 52.1521; 1.2216
Otley is a village located in the county of Suffolk, England, about eight miles north of Ipswich. The village is home to Otley Hall, a 16th century, Grade I listed house which was historically the seat of the family of Bartholomew Gosnold, and Otley College, offering vocationally focused courses in a number of areas. Otley is also home to many small businesses, including Soames Coaches. It is the birthplace of Roger Osborne who scored the only goal of the game in the 1978 FA Cup Final for Ipswich Town against Arsenal. Otley was also for many years, the home of the late Percy Edwards famous for impressions of birds and other animal noises.
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Parham, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°11′46″N 1°22′34″E / 52.196°N 1.376°E / 52.196; 1.376
Parham is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located seven miles north of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 300.
Parham Airfield Museum is located nearby.
Parham once had a railway station called Parham railway station on the Framlingham Branch but closed.
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Playford, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°05′10″N 1°14′06″E / 52.086°N 1.235°E / 52.086; 1.235
Playford is a small village in Suffolk, England, on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has about 220 residents in 90 households. The River Fynn runs through the village, and many footpaths from Playford lead into the Fynn Valley. Villages nearby include Rushmere, Little Bealings, Great Bealings, Culpho and Grundisburgh. There are no pubs or shops in Playford, although it has a church (St Mary's) and a village hall.
Playford is perhaps most famous for being the burial place of Thomas Clarkson, one of the founding members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Clarkson rented Playford Hall around 1813 and lived there for about 30 years.
Playford was also for some time the home of the astronomer, Sir George Biddell Airy.
St Mary's church
The Village Hall
The Fynn Valley, from Playford bridge
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Ramsholt
Coordinates: 52°01′44″N 1°22′03″E / 52.02884°N 1.36737°E / 52.02884; 1.36737
Ramsholt is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is situated on the northern shore of the River Deben.
Its church, All Saints, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.
It's economy revolves around the pub next to the river dock.
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Rendlesham
Coordinates: 52°07′01″N 1°25′01″E / 52.117°N 1.417°E / 52.117; 1.417
Rendlesham, near Woodbridge, Suffolk was a royal centre of authority for the king of the East Anglians, of the Wuffinga line; the proximity of the Sutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal house. Swithhelm, son of Seaxbald, who reigned from 660 to around 664, was baptised at Rendlesham by Saint Cedd with King Aethelwald of East Anglia acting as his godfather. He died around the time of the great plague of 664 and may have been buried at the palace of Rendlesham.
Its name is recorded in Old English about 730 AD as Rendlæsham, which may mean "Homestead belonging to [a man named] Rendel", or it may come from a theorized Old English word *rendel = "little shore".
It was also the location of Rendlesham Hall, a large manor house demolished in 1949.
More recently Rendlesham was the site of the Rendlesham Forest Incident, a series of reported sightings of unexplained pulsing lights off the coast of Orford Ness in December 1980.
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River Deben
The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising in Debenham -to be precise it has two main sources but the others are mostly fields runoff (excess water), then passing through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry. The mouth of the estuary is crossed by a ferry connecting Felixstowe and Bawdsey.
A tide mill at Woodbridge used to run off the tide from the river Deben.
The Deben Estuary is a Special Protection Area and Ramsar Site and within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its significance arises from its over-wintering population of avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta). The estuary features shifting sandbanks. Plant life is dominated by the Common Reed (Phragmites australis). The salt marsh and intertidal mud-flats that occupy the most the area have the widest range of salt marsh flora in Suffolk.
There are several yacht and dinghy clubs on the river Deben. These include the Deben Rowing Club, Deben Yacht Club, the Waldringfield Sailing Club, Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club and the Woodbridge Cruising Club.
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River Orwell
The River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river, above the tidal limit at Stoke Bridge, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich where the Ipswich dock has operated since the 7th century and then flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe after joining with the River Stour at Shotley. The large Orwell Bridge carries the A14 trunk road over the estuary just east of Ipswich.
In the name Orwell, Or- comes from an ancient river-name — probably pre-Celtic; but -well probably indicates an Anglo-Saxon naming. In A tour through England and Wales written in 1722, Daniel Defoe calls the river "Orwel" (though does this inconsistently). He also mentions that "a traveller will hardly understand me, especially a seaman, when I speak of the River Stour and the River Orwell at Harwich, for they know them by no other names than those of Maningtre-Water, and Ipswich-Water". The writer Eric Blair chose the pen name under which he would later become famous, "George Orwell", because of his love for the river.
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River Stour, Suffolk
The River Stour ( /ˈstʊər/ STOOR or /ˈstaʊr/ STOWR)[citation needed] is a river in East Anglia, England. It is 76 km (47 mi) long and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the north, and Essex to the south. It rises in eastern Cambridgeshire, passes to the east of Haverhill, through Cavendish, Sudbury, Stratford St Mary, Dedham and flows through the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. it becomes tidal just after Manningtree in Essex and joins the North Sea at Harwich.
The name Stour derives from the Celtic sturr meaning "strong".
The eastern part of the River Stour is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty known as Dedham Vale, named after the village of Dedham in Essex. It is an area of rural beauty on both sides of the River Stour. The Dedham Vale AONB is approximately 18km (11.5 ml) east-west and 4km up to 8km (2.4 to 4.8 ml) north-south.
The earliest known settlement on the river in Suffolk was at Great Bradley, where man has had a recorded presence for over 5,000 years.
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Rushmere St Andrew
Coordinates: 52°03′58″N 1°12′47″E / 52.066°N 1.213°E / 52.066; 1.213
Rushmere St. Andrew is a village and civil parish adjacent to part of the eastern edge of the borough of Ipswich in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes the Ipswich suburbs of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Broke Hall as well as the village of Rushmere St. Andrew, from which it draws its name.
Rushmere Common, also known locally as Rushmere heath is a large area of common land which dominates much of the south-east of the parish. Home to the Rushmere Golf Club and bordered by Playford Road, Heath Road and the Broke Hall Estate the common is an area enjoyed by walkers and cyclists alike who take advantage of its wide open spaces and footpaths including the Sandhills Walk which starts on the common and ends in Southwold 60 miles away on the north Suffolk coast.
The village is home to a number of sports clubs and associations and was for many years a base for a number of the sports and social clubs of local businesses such as Willis(now Rushmere Sports Club) and Crane Fluid Systems Sports and Social Club which is in turn now part of the Ipswich Town F.C. training and academy complex. Ipswich Rugby Club and Ipswich YM Rugby Club are also in the parish along with Ipswich Wanderers Football Club.
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Saxmundham
Coordinates: 52°12′54″N 1°29′13″E / 52.215°N 1.487°E / 52.215; 1.487
Saxmundham is a small market town in Suffolk, England. It is set in the valley of the River Fromus, a tributary of the River Alde, approximately 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Ipswich and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed by the A12 and is served by Saxmundham railway station on the East Suffolk Line.
The town's name allegedly derives from the Saxon "Seizmond's Home". The earliest recorded mention of Saxmundham is in the Domesday Book of 1086 which mentions three churches. It has had a market charter since at least 1272 AD[citation needed] and carries on the tradition to this day.
Brother Eadulf, has become Saxmundham's most famous international fictional character. He appears in the best-selling Sister Fidelma mysteries written by Peter Tremayne (nom de plume of the Celtic scholar and author Peter Beresford Ellis). Brother Eadulf is companion and assistant to Sister Fidelma and often plays a crucial part in resolving the mystery. He is introduced as originally the hereditary gerefa (magistrate) of "Seaxmund's Ham in the land of the South Folk." He attends the famous Synod of Whitby in 664 AD and joins Sister Fidelma in solving a murder of one of the delegates (Absolution by Murder, 1994). He has since appeared in most of the novels and some of the short stories although the Saxmundham area has been used as a setting in only one of the novels - The Haunted Abbot (2002). Peter Tremayne chose Saxmundham as Eadulf's place of origin because of local connections, the nearness of the town to an ancient royal burial site of the East Angles as well as the East Anglian historic connections with Irish Christian missionaries. He has appeared in all but two of the Sister Fidelma series of mystery novels, set in 7th century Ireland.
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Sizewell
Coordinates: 52°12′50″N 1°37′05″E / 52.214°N 1.618°E / 52.214; 1.618
Sizewell is a small fishing village with a few holiday homes in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located on the East Anglian coast just north of the larger holiday villages of Thorpeness and Aldeburgh, and two miles from the town of Leiston. It is within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.
The village was part of the Ogilvie estate, which extended as far south as Aldeburgh. Sizewell Hall, now used as a Christian conference centre, is still owned by the Ogilvie family.
The village itself is overshadowed by two separate nuclear power stations, the Magnox Sizewell A and Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Sizewell B, which are readily visible from the nearby holiday beaches.
There is a monument on the beach showing a pair of crossed kayak oars, a broken paddle and a kayak. On the memorial is written "In memory of the thirty-two young Dutchmen who tried to escape to England by kayak during World War II to join the Allied Forces, eight of them reached the English coast, only three survived the war. The last living survivor dedicates this memorial to his brothers in arms who were less fortunate. He reached England - and freedom - on this beach on 21 September 1941". These men were known as Engelandvaarders.
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Snape, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°10′N 1°30′E / 52.17°N 1.5°E / 52.17; 1.5
Snape is a small village in the English county of Suffolk, on the River Alde close to Aldeburgh. It has about 600 inhabitants. Snape is now best known for Snape Maltings, no longer in commercial use, but converted into a tourist centre together with a concert hall that hosts the major part of the annual Aldeburgh Festival. J. K. Rowling named the character of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter books after the village.
There has been human habitation at Snape for some 2,000 years[citation needed] though the original village stood on higher ground, around the present church (it is not known why the village moved nearer to the river). The Romans established a settlement here, centred on salt production. In Anglo-Saxon times the Wuffings (who ruled East Anglia from Rendlesham) used Snape largely as a burial site, and archaeological investigations have revealed boat burials and other graves.
In 1085 the Domesday Book recorded forty-nine men; with their families, this would have made a village of about a hundred inhabitants. The book also mentions a church, standing in eight acres, and valued at sixteen pence (a larger sum than it now sounds). The present church, however, originally thatched, was built in the 13th century, with the 15th-century additions of a porch and tower.
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Southwold
Coordinates: 52°19′37″N 1°40′48″E / 52.327°N 1.680°E / 52.327; 1.680
Southwold is a small town on the North Sea coast, in the Waveney district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is around 11 miles (18 km) south of Lowestoft and 29 miles (47 km) north-east of Ipswich. It is within the parliamentary constituency of Suffolk Coastal.
Southwold was mentioned in the Domesday Book as an important fishing port, and it received its town charter from Henry VII in 1489. Over the following centuries a shingle bar built up across the harbour mouth, preventing the town from becoming a major port.[citation needed]
Southwold was the home of a number of Puritan emigrants to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early seventeenth century. Richard Ibrook, born in Southwold and a former bailiff of the town, emigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts, along with Rev. Peter Hobart, son of Edmund Hobart of Hingham, Norfolk. Rev. Hobart was formerly an assistant vicar of Southwold's St. Edmunds Church after his graduation from Magdalene College, Cambridge. (Hobart married as his second wife in America Rebecca Ibrook, daughter of his fellow Puritan Richard Ibrook.) The immigrants to Hingham were led by Robert Peck, vicar of St. Andrews' Church in Hingham and a native of Beccles.
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St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury is a local government district and borough in Suffolk, England. It is named after its main town, Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district is Haverhill.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 (with the abolition of West Suffolk) by the merger of the Borough of Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill Urban District, Clare Rural District and Thingoe Rural District.
Until March 2009 its main offices were in Bury St Edmunds (Angel Hill and Western Way). Thereafter a purpose built complex, West Suffolk House housed both St Edmundsbury and Suffolk County Council staff.
In 2008 the Council submitted a proposal to the Boundary Commission which would see it as central to a new West Suffolk unitary council. Despite the considerable energies used to promote this concept the proposal was rejected and no unitary scheme for Suffolk was adopted. (For more details see also Suffolk.)
In October 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council and Forest Heath District Council agreed to have one chief executive, a shared management team and a combined workforce, creating initial savings of more than £2million.
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Sternfield
Coordinates: 52°12′04″N 1°29′49″E / 52.201°N 1.497°E / 52.201; 1.497
Sternfield is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located 1 mile (2 km) south of Saxmundham, its post town. The village is very small and irregularly built, and is wholly agricultural. The village contains a church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene.
During the 1960s and 1970s Lt. Col. Sir Eric and Lady Prue Penn lived at Sternfield House, a large house next to the church with extensive gardens and as Sir Eric was the comptroler of the Lord Chamberlain's office and was a very trusted presence in Buckingham Palace, senior members of the royal family came and stayed at Sternfield House on a number of occasions. Princess Margaret came most often, but the Queen also came at least once and attended St Mary Magdalene's, as did the Queen Mother.
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Stowmarket
Coordinates: 52°11′N 1°00′E / 52.19°N 1.00°E / 52.19; 1.00
Stowmarket is a small market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town is on the main railway line between London and Norwich, and has an approximate population of 19,000. It is the largest town in the Mid Suffolk district and is represented in parliament by the MP for Bury St Edmunds, currently David Ruffley. Stowmarket lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.
The town takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘Stow’ meaning ‘principal place’, and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday.
The church of St Peter and St Mary is in the ‘Decorated’ style and dates to the 14th century. The 16th century former vicarage, now the town council offices and register office, has associations with John Milton, and ‘Milton’s Tree’ in its grounds is believed to be an offshoot of one of the many trees he planted there.
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Stratton Hall
Coordinates: 52°00′11″N 1°16′05″E / 52.003°N 1.268°E / 52.003; 1.268
Stratton Hall is a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 30. It shares a parish council with nearby Levington.
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Sudbourne
Coordinates: 52°07′01″N 1°33′00″E / 52.117°N 1.55°E / 52.117; 1.55
Sudbourne is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located approximately 2 miles (3 km) north of Orford.
Sudbourne is recognisable for Captain's Wood, a nature reserve owned by Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Crag Farm Pit which is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk. Sudbourne is also the birthplace of Sir Thomas Rush.
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Sudbury, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°02′30″N 0°43′41″E / 52.0417°N 0.72815°E / 52.0417; 0.72815
Sudbury ( /ˈsʌdbʌrriː/, Suffolk dialect: /ˈsʌbriː/) is a small market town in the English county of Suffolk. It is located on the River Stour near the Essex border, and is 60 miles (97 km) north-east of London. As of the 2001 census, the town has a population of 12,080. It is the largest town of Babergh district council, the local government district, and is represented in the UK Parliament as part of the South Suffolk constituency.
Evidence of Sudbury as a settlement originates from the end of the 8th century during the Anglo-Saxon era, and its market was established in the early 11th century. Its textile industries prospered during the Late Middle Ages; the wealth of which funded many of its buildings and churches. The town became notable for its art in the 18th century, being the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough, whose landscapes offered inspiration to John Constable, another Suffolk painter of the surrounding Stour Valley area. The 19th century saw the arrival of the railway with the opening of a station on the historic Stour Valley Railway, and Sudbury railway station forms the current terminus of the Gainsborough Line. During World War II, US Army Airforce bombers operated from RAF Sudbury.
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Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Woodbridge. Other towns include Felixstowe.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe, Leiston-cum-Sizewell, Saxmundham and Woodbridge urban districts, and Blyth Rural District and Deben Rural District.
There are 117 civil parishes and towns in Suffolk Coastal.
Suffolk Coastal (Parliamentary Constituency)
Coordinates: 52°05′46″N 1°19′22″E / 52.0961°N 1.3227°E / 52.0961; 1.3227
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Sutton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°03′47″N 1°21′54″E / 52.063°N 1.365°E / 52.063; 1.365
Sutton is a village and a civil parish on the B1083 road, in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Sutton has a pub, a post office and a place of worship. There is also the hamlet of Sutton Street and the Sutton Common estate nearby.
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Theberton
Coordinates: 52°13′59″N 1°34′01″E / 52.233°N 1.567°E / 52.233; 1.567
Theberton is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Saxmundham, its post town. Located within the village is a National school for both sexes and Theberton Hall. The village primary school was closed around 1970 and is now used as the village hall.
It was here at 02:00 on the morning of 17 June 1917 that the German Zeppelin airship L48 was shot down by Robert Saundby and others while it was on a bombing run. Sixteen members of the crew died in the crash, three survived but one later died from his injuries. Their bodies have since been moved to a central burial ground in Staffordshire, although a memorial can still be seen in the cemetery across the road from the church. Part of the framework of the Zeppelin itself is mounted in the porch of the church.
Theberton is twinned with Thebarton, Australia.
The Victorian photographer Robert Howlett was born in Theberton in 1831, the second of four sons of Reverend Robert Howlett and Harriet Harsant. He is renowned for his iconic photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
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Thorpeness
Coordinates: 52°10′53″N 1°36′57″E / 52.18146°N 1.61584°E / 52.18146; 1.61584
Thorpeness is a village in the county of Suffolk, England. It is part of the parish of Aldringham cum Thorpe and is within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.
The village was originally a small fishing hamlet in the late 19th century, with folklore stories of it being a route for smugglers into East Anglia. However in 1910, Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, a Scottish barrister who had made his money designing railways around the world, bought the entire area from north of Aldeburgh to past Sizewell, up the coast and inland to Aldringham and Leiston.
Most of this land was used for farming but Ogilvie developed Thorpeness into a private fantasy holiday village, to which he invited his friends' and colleagues' families during the summer months. A country club with tennis courts and a swimming pool, a golf course and clubhouse and many holiday homes were built in Jacobean and Tudor Revival styles. A notable feature of the village is a set of almshouses built in the 1920s to the design of W.G. Wilson. To hide the eyesore of having a water tower in the village, the tank was clad in wood to make it look like a small house on top of a 5-storey tower, with a separate water-pumping windmill next to it. It is known as the "House in the Clouds", and after mains water was installed in the village the old tank was transformed into a huge games room with views over the land from Aldeburgh to Sizewell.
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Trimley St Martin
Coordinates: 51°59′28″N 1°18′47″E / 51.991°N 1.313°E / 51.991; 1.313
Trimley St. Martin is parish and village between Felixstowe and Ipswich in Suffolk, England.
The village, and its neighbour Trimley St. Mary, are famous for their adjacent churches which were built as the result of a historical family feud. St. Martin's church is the northerly church (at grid reference TM 276 370).
There has been some controversy over plans to build a further 1,500 dwellings on the land owned by Trinity College, Cambridge. Some fear that the village identity would be lost, to be replaced by suburban sprawl, whilst others argue that there is a real need for additional housing in the area.
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Trimley St Mary
Coordinates: 51°58′41″N 1°19′23″E / 51.978°N 1.323°E / 51.978; 1.323
Trimley St. Mary is a parish and village between Felixstowe and Ipswich in Suffolk, England. Its eastern border is either the Dock Spur bridge or Spriteshall Lane. History would dictate that Spriteshall lane is the more likely border.
The village, and its neighbour Trimley St. Martin, are famous for their adjacent churches which were built as the result of a historical family feud[citation needed] St. Mary's church is the southerly church (at grid reference TM 276 369).
The village also contains a number of shops including an Indian Take-Away, a hairdresser, a newsagent and a pub.
Trimley railway station serves the village on the Felixstowe Branch Line.
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Tuddenham St Martin
Coordinates: 52°05′28″N 1°11′53″E / 52.091°N 1.198°E / 52.091; 1.198
Tuddenham or Tuddenham St. Martin is a small village within the Suffolk countryside, lying just outside Ipswich, on the River Fynn. The village contains "The Fountain" restaurant as well as the church of St Martin in which lies the final resting place of artist Carl Giles and his wife Joan.
The village has its own magazine called The Tuddenham Tattler.
The social calendar includes "The Tuddenham TADPOLE's (Tuddenham Amateur Dramatic People Of Little Experience) Pantomime", the Village Féte, the Safari Supper and several Parish Picnics.
It was a part of the old Hundreds of Suffolk of Carlford (hundred).
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Ubbeston
Coordinates: 52°18′07″N 1°24′18″E / 52.302°N 1.405°E / 52.302; 1.405
Ubbeston is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Nearby settlements include the town of Halesworth, the village of Heveningham and the hamlet of Ubbeston Green.
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Ufford, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°07′23″N 1°21′04″E / 52.1231°N 1.3512°E / 52.1231; 1.3512
Ufford is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 808 people. The B1348 is the main road for the village. Ufford was the home for some years before the First World War of the novelist Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925).
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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Waldringfield
Coordinates: 52°03′08″N 1°19′21″E / 52.0523°N 1.3224°E / 52.0523; 1.3224
Waldringfield is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is situated on the bank of the River Deben within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, four miles south of the town of Woodbridge and eight miles east of the county town of Ipswich. There is the hamlet of Waldringfield Heath nearby. It also has a Yacht Club called Waldringfield Yacht Club.
The name Waldringfield is derived from the Old English words meaning ‘open land of the family or followers of a man called Waldhere’. The length of human habitation at Waldringfield is unknown but iron age finds such a pottery shards from the 1st century BC have been found locally. Record of the settlement is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name 'Waldingafelda' along with the name 'Minima Waldringafelda' (Lesser Waldringfield).
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Walton, Suffolk
Coordinates: 51°58′16″N 1°20′28″E / 51.971°N 1.341°E / 51.971; 1.341
Walton is a small village in Suffolk, between the rivers Orwell and Deben. It is often confused as being part of Felixstowe, although it is a separate village and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The 19th century terraces of Walton High Street are just a few hundred yards from Hamilton Square in the middle of Felixstowe.
The village High Street has a few shops including: Butchers; Bakers; Indian Restaurant; 2 Co-ops; Furniture shop; Post office; Chemist; Carpet shop & Hair dressers. The windmill has been conserved.
In Roman times a Roman fort enclosing about 6 acres (24,000 m2), similar to Burgh Castle, stood on high land near Brackenbury Fort and Bull's Cliff, now in Felixstowe. Probably built in the third or fourth centuries AD, it formed part of the coastal defences of the eastern shore of Britain, and overlooked the mouth of the river Deben. It is often referred to as Walton Castle. The walls and foundations finally slid down the cliff during the 18th century, but large portions of the walls still lie under the sea.[citation needed]
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Wantisden
Coordinates: 52°06′36″N 1°27′29″E / 52.110°N 1.458°E / 52.110; 1.458
Wantisden is a small village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Largely consisting of a single farm and ancient woodland (Staverton Forest), most of its 30 residents live on the farm estate. It shares a parish council with nearby Butley and Capel St. Andrew. It has a church called Church of St John the Baptist.
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Waveney
Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that forms its north-west border. The district council is based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney, which is the only unparished area in the district. The other towns in the district are Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Southwold.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal boroughs of Beccles, Lowestoft and Southwold, along with Bungay and Halesworth urban districts, Wainford Rural District and part of Lothingland Rural District. The last elections to the council were held on 5th May 2011 when the council moved to a Whole Council election system meaning all 48 council seats were contested. Before the 2011 elections the council was under Conservative Party control.
As a result of the 2011 election the Conservatives lost overall control, with both it and the Labour party represented by 23 councillors, the balance of the council being made up of one Green Party and one Independent councillor. A series of procedural moves led to the formation of a Conservative-led administration.
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Westerfield
Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 1°10′19″E / 52.083°N 1.172°E / 52.083; 1.172
Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England.
It is located approximately two miles north of the centre of Ipswich. The village is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Westerfield is home to two public houses. The Swan in Northern Westerfield, and The Railway in the south of the village. Both serve food and are significant in bringing the community together. In central Westerfield is the village green, which is part of the church grounds. The village green hosts for the locals and provides other facilities such as a railway and a choice of pubs.
The population of Westerfield currently stands at around 200.
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Westleton
Coordinates: 52°16′01″N 1°34′59″E / 52.267°N 1.583°E / 52.267; 1.583
Westleton is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Leiston and 5 miles (8 km) miles north-east of Saxmundham near the North Sea coast. The village is on the edge of the Suffolk Sandlings, an area of lowland heathland. The village lies along the B1125 road, 2 miles (3 km) to the east of the A12 and Darsham railway station.
Westleton Heath National Nature Reserve is 0.5 miles (1 km) north east of the village. The heath is crossed by a minor road from Westleton to the coastal village of Dunwich, 2 miles (3 km) to the east. The famous Minsmere RSPB reserve lies immediately to the east of the village.
The fourteenth-century village church of St. Peter in Westleton was built by monks from Sibton Abbey near Saxmundham. The church has twice seen the collapse of its tower: in 1776 under the strain of hurricane winds; and during World War II, when the smaller wooden replacement fell under the weight of a bomb.
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Wickham Market
Coordinates: 52°09′00″N 1°22′01″E / 52.15°N 1.367°E / 52.15; 1.367
Wickham Market is a large village situated in the River Deben valley of Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area.
It is on the A12 trunk road thirteen miles north-east of the county town of Ipswich, five miles north-east of Woodbridge. Its railway station is located approximately two miles east at Campsea Ashe. It is a large village with 2,204 residents living in 953 dwellings (2001 census). 27.59% of the population are between the ages of 40 and 59 and 23.19% of residents reside in council or housing association homes.
Wickham Market's All Saints Church is over 700 years old and its octagonal tower and lead spire (137.5 feet tall) dominate the skyline and make it visible for miles over the surrounding countryside. The exterior of the church is stone and flintwork. Inside there are four stained glass windows, a 600 year old font, a carved pulpit and an altar table with a painted reredos. There are six bells in the tower and a Sanctus Bell in the cote. Nearby attractions include: Valley Farm Equestrian Visitor Centre, Easton Farm Park, the Snape Maltings, Framlingham Castle and Sutton Hoo.
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Witnesham
Coordinates: 52°06′54″N 1°11′17″E / 52.115°N 1.188°E / 52.115; 1.188
Witnesham is a village situated roughly 4 miles (6 km) to the north of Ipswich, Suffolk. The main road from Ipswich that links the village to the town is the B1077, Westerfield Road.
It is in the Domesday Book as 'Wytenesham’ (Witta’s/Witten’s meadow or enclosure) and had 10 villagers.
It was a part of the old Hundreds of Suffolk of Carlford (hundred).
The village has two churches, the Baptist at the top of the village, north on Upper Road.
The larger church, St Mary's OS grid TM1850, located west out of Witnesham along the Church Lane (no through lane), near the source of the River Fynn.
Witnesham Hall, (OS grid TM1750) was built in the 16th century, is further west on the same lane.
The village amenities include a 1766 inn, The Barley Mow on Mow Hill (OS grid TM 185 503) south of Witnesham but before it is America Hill.
Its Post Office was at the bottom of the village, nearest to Ipswich, but was closed down a short while ago. Postal services are continued at the Baptist Church on a two-day basis.
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Woodbridge, Suffolk
Coordinates: 52°05′37″N 1°19′04″E / 52.0935°N 1.3179°E / 52.0935; 1.3179
Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with Mussidan in France. Woodbridge incorporates probably the most important Anglo-Saxon site in the United Kingdom - the Sutton Hoo Saxon royal burial ship. With 1400 years of recorded history, the town has retained an interesting variety of historical architecture, making it an interesting town just to walk around; there is also the River Deben, for boating and riverside walks. It was voted by Country Living in April 2010 as one of only six top Foodie Towns in the UK.
Woodbridge lies in the Suffolk Coastal district of the shire county of Suffolk. The Town Council was formed in 1974 as a third-tier successor to the Urban District Council and has a mayor and 16 councillors elected for four wards. The town lies in Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency and is currently represented by Conservative Therese Coffey. and County Councillor Liberal Democrat Caroline Page.
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Yoxford
Coordinates: 52°15′50″N 1°30′32″E / 52.264°N 1.509°E / 52.264; 1.509
Yoxford is a village in the east of Suffolk, England close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold.
Some 94 miles from London and 25 miles north of Ipswich, Yoxford is surrounded by the parkland of three country houses in an area known as the “Garden of Suffolk”. The village derives its name from a ford of the River Yox where oxen could pass. It runs near the village. The junction of the A12 trunk road and the A1120 is in the village.
The "Griffin Inn", a medieval Suffolk inn is located here. The Satis House Hotel, an 18th century house, was referred to by Charles Dickens in Great Expectations. According to Pip, Satis means "whoever lives here could wish for nothing more". The Church of St Peter is situated here. On the edge of the village is Cockfield Hall the old home of the Blois family.
The village is known for its antique shops and also has three pubs (The Griffin, The Blois Arms & The King's Head), a Post Office, a general store and other shops. However The Blois Arms is closed at the moment.
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Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL (/ˈbælfʊər/; 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 1902 to December 1905, and was later Foreign Secretary in 1916–1919.
Born in Scotland and educated as a philosopher, Balfour first entered parliament in the 1874 general election. At first seen as something of a dilettante, he attained prominence as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1887–1891. In this post, he authored the Perpetual Crimes Act (1887) (or Coercion Act) aimed at the prevention of boycotting, intimidation and unlawful assembly in Ireland during the Irish Land War.
Balfour succeeded his uncle Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in July 1902 (Balfour had been Conservative leader in the House of Commons since 1891). As Prime Minister, Balfour oversaw such events as the Entente Cordiale, but his party was split over tariff reform and in December 1905 he relinquished power to the Liberals. The general election the following January was a disaster for the Conservatives and their Liberal Unionist allies, left with a mere 157 seats in Parliament. Balfour himself lost his Manchester East seat and was rushed back to parliament in a by-election for the City of London constituency. He continued as Leader of the Opposition throughout the crisis over the Lloyd George People's Budget and the Parliament Act, but after failing to win either of the two General Elections in 1910 he resigned as leader in November 1911.
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Barbara Ward
Barbara Mary Ward (23 May 1914 – 31 May 1981), in later life Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist and writer interested in the problems of developing countries. She urged Western governments to share their prosperity with the rest of the world and in the 1960s turned her attention to environmental questions as well. She was an early advocate of sustainable development before this term became familiar and was well-known as a journalist, lecturer and broadcaster. Ward was adviser to policy-makers in the UK, United States and elsewhere.
Barbara Ward was born in Heworth, Yorkshire on 23 May 1914, but her family soon moved to Felixstowe. Her father was a solicitor with Quaker tendencies, while her mother was a devout Catholic. Barbara went to a convent school before studying in Paris: first at a lycée, then for some months at the Sorbonne before going on to Germany. Though she had once planned to study modern languages, her interest in public affairs led to a degree course in politics, philosophy, and economics at Somerville College, Oxford University, from which she graduated in 1935.
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Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Italian pronunciation: [beˈniːto musːoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943, and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.
Originally a member of the Italian Socialist Party and editor of the Avanti! from 1912 to 1914, Mussolini fought in World War I as an ardent nationalist and created the Fasci di Combattimento in 1919, catalyzing his nationalist and socialist beliefs in the Fascist Manifesto, published in 1921. Following the March on Rome in October 1922 he became the 27th Prime Minister of Italy and began using the title Il Duce by 1925, about which time he had established dictatorial authority by both legal and extraordinary means, aspiring to create a totalitarian state. After 1936, his official title was Sua Eccellenza Benito Mussolini, Capo del Governo, Duce del Fascismo e Fondatore dell'Impero ("His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire") Mussolini also created and held the supreme military rank of First Marshal of the Empire along with King Victor Emmanuel III, which gave him and the King joint supreme control over the military of Italy. Mussolini remained in power until he was replaced in 1943; for a short period after this until his death, he was the leader of the Italian Social Republic.
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Jack Ainsley
Jack William Ainsley (born 17 September 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Ipswich Town as a defender.
Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, His father George Ainsley and brother Stuart Ainsley also were at Ipswich as youngsters but never broke into the first team. Ainsley first started his career as a striker with an impressive goal ratio at youth level but since his professional contract Ainsley has currently adapted to right back or centre back.
Ainsley signed a one year professional contract on 9 June 2009 with Ipswich Town despite interest from a number of Premier League clubs. Ainsley made his debut for Ipswich Town in a 3–3 draw with Shrewsbury Town after extra time in the League Cup, which was won 4–2 in a penalty shootout.
On 30 April 2010 he signed a one year extension with the club. On 7 August he made his Football League debut replacing Mark Kennedy in the 89th minute in a 3–1 win over Middlesbrough. In April 2011 he was awarded an initial six month contract extension by the club.
Ainsley made his first league start for Ipswich, playing as a centre back in their 7-1 away defeat to Peterborough on Saturday 21 August 2011. On 20 December 2011 Jack Ainsley signed a new contract keeping him at Portman Road until June 2013.
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Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp (born 3 January 1935) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the miniseries The Winds of War, The Blue Max and Z-Cars.
Kemp was born Jeremy Walker in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the son of Elsa May (née Kemp) and Edmund Reginald Walker, an engineer, and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His TV credits include: Colditz, Space: 1999 and a number of American series such as: Hart to Hart, The Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, Conan the Adventurer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance and Murder, She Wrote.
His film roles include: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, Operation Crossbow, The Blue Max, A Bridge Too Far, Top Secret! and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He also appeared as Cornwall in the 1984 TV movie version of King Lear opposite Laurence Olivier as Lear.
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Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history, and one of the most influential musicians of his era despite mainstream exposure limited to just three years. After initial success in Europe with his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, he headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. He often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback.
Hendrix helped to popularize use of the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, which he often used to deliver tonal exaggerations in his solos, particularly with high bends, complex guitar playing, and use of legato. As a record producer, he also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic phasing effects for rock recording.[citation needed] He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King and Elmore James,rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper, and the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Hendrix began dressing and wearing a moustache like Little Richard when he performed and recorded in his band from March 1, 1964 through to the spring of 1965. In 1966, he stated, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice".
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John Mills
Sir John Mills CBE (22 February 1908 – 23 April 2005), born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.
Mills was born at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk, England, and grew up in Belton, where his father was the headmaster of the village school and in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where he lived in a modest house in Ham's Road. He was educated at Norwich High School for Boys, where it is said that his initials can still be seen carved into the brickwork on the side of the building in Upper St. Giles Street. He made his acting debut on the stage of the Sir John Leman School in Beccles in a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream when he played the part of Puck.[citation needed] Upon leaving school he worked as a clerk at a corn merchants in Ipswich.
Mills took an early interest in acting, making his professional debut at the London Hippodrome in The Five O'Clock Girl in 1929. He also starred in the Noël Coward revue Words and Music. He made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932), and appeared as Colley in the 1939 film version of Goodbye, Mr Chips, opposite Robert Donat.
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King of Portugal
The Monarchs of Portugal ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1128, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic with the 5 October 1910 revolution.
Through the nearly 800 years which Portugal was a monarchy, the kings have held various other titles and pretensions. Two Kings of Portugal, Ferdinand I and Afonso V, were also Kings of Galicia. When the Portuguese House of Habsburg came into power, the Kings of Portugal also became the Kings of Spain, Kings of Naples, and various dukes around Europe. The House of Braganza brought numerous titles to the Portuguese Crown, including King of Brazil and then Emperor of Brazil.
After the demise of the Portuguese monarchy, in 1910, the Miguelist branch of the House of Braganza became the pretenders to the throne of Portugal. They have all been acclaimed King of Portugal by their monarchist groups. This is purely symbolic and no one can have a place among the Kings of Portugal unless they were acclaimed by the Portuguese state and parliament. The Portuguese states that the current representative of the House of Braganza, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, is the legitimate successor to the Kings of Portugal, but only recognizes him as Duke of Braganza and not King.
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Megs Jenkins
Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins (21 April 1917 - 5 October 1998) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes.
Jenkins was born in Birkenhead, the daughter of a construction engineer. She originally trained to be a ballet dancer. Although born in England, she often played Welsh characters.
She made her film debut in 1943, and appeared in such classics as Green for Danger (1946), in which she turned out to be the twin sister of a Nazi collaborator, The History of Mr. Polly (1949), The Cruel Sea (1953), and Oliver! (1968). She played the housekeeper Mrs Grose in two adaptations of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw: the 1961 film The Innocents, and a 1974 TV adaptation. She frequently played comic roles, and in later life was a regular in the sitcom, Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!, and the children's series, Worzel Gummidge.
Beginning in 1933, Jenkins also had a long stage career, and appeared in several plays by Emlyn Williams. In 1956 she won the Clarence Derwent Award for best supporting performance in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.
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Nicholas Pandolfi
Nicholas Pandolfi, also known as Nick Pandolfi, (born 16 August 1970 in Woodbridge, Suffolk) is an English actor, voice artist & radio presenter, who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation and Global Radio (HEART). He was named BBC Local Radio "Presenter of the Year" at the 2004 Frank Gillard Awards and won the bronze in the category in 2006 for his work at BBC Radio Suffolk. He left the station abruptly in March 2007.
He has presented the breakfast programme at Town 102 in Ipswich, Suffolk since 2011. He has previously worked with SGR FM, BBC Radio Suffolk and London's Liberty Radio.
He played the character Matthew Cartwright in 12 episodes of the BBC children's television series Grange Hill between 1981 and 1982. In 1989 he appeared in the film Reunion.
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Showaddywaddy
Showaddywaddy is a 1970s pop group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, and dressed as Teddy Boys.
The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, Choise and The Golden Hammers, the latter often known simply as 'The Hammers'. This led to an eight-member band, with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, two drummers, two guitarists, and two bassists. They both played at the Fosse Way pub in Leicester and soon discovered shared musical tastes. After playing together in jamming sessions, they joined together permanently and Showaddywaddy was born.
Subsequently they were approached and asked if they wanted to be on TV. The show was New Faces. They won one programme in the series in November 1973 and were runners-up in the "All Winners Final", which was broadcast on 28th December 1973. Their first single, "Hey Rock and Roll" (written by the band), was released in April 1974. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. Showaddywaddy then went on to have a further twenty-two UK hits until late summer 1982. They had most of their biggest hits with covers of songs from the 1950s and the early 1960s. These cover versions included "Three Steps to Heaven" (originally by Eddie Cochran in 1960), "Heartbeat" (originally written and recorded by Buddy Holly), "Under the Moon of Love" (originally a U.S. hit for Curtis Lee in 1961 and co-written by Tommy Boyce), "When" (originally by the Kalin Twins), "You Got What It Takes" (originally by Marv Johnson) and "Dancin' Party" (originally by Chubby Checker). The above six singles were all produced by Mike Hurst (a former member of The Springfields).
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T. E. Lawrence
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. Lawrence, was a British Army officer renowned especially for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916–18. The extraordinary breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title which was used for the 1962 film based on his World War I activities.
Lawrence was born illegitimate in Tremadog, Wales, in August 1888 to Sir Thomas Chapman and Sarah Junner, a governess who was herself illegitimate. Chapman had left his wife and first family in Ireland to live with Sarah Junner, and they called themselves Mr and Mrs Lawrence. In the summer of 1896 the Lawrences moved to Oxford, where in 1907–10 young Lawrence studied history at Jesus College, graduating with First Class Honours. He became a practising archaeologist in the Middle East, working at various excavations with David George Hogarth and Leonard Woolley. In 1908 he joined the OUOTC (Oxford University Officer Training Corps), undergoing a two-year training course. In January 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, Lawrence was co-opted by the British Army to undertake a military survey of the Negev Desert while doing archaeological research.
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Thomas Cavendish
Sir Thomas Cavendish (19 September 1560 – May 1592) was an English explorer and a privateer known as "The Navigator" because he was the first who deliberately tried to emulate Sir Francis Drake and raid the Spanish towns and ships in the Pacific and return by circumnavigating the globe. While members of Magellan's, Loaisa's, Drake's, and Loyola's expeditions had preceded Cavendish in circumnavigating the globe, it had not been their intent at the outset. His first trip and successful circumnavigation, made him rich from captured Spanish gold, silk and treasure from the Pacific and the Philippines. His richest prize was the captured 600 ton sailing ship the Manila Galleon Santa Ana (also called Santa Anna). He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England after his return. He later set out for a second raiding and circumnavigation trip, but was not as fortunate and died at sea at the age of 32.
Cavendish was born in 1560 at Trimley St. Martin near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. His father was William Cavendish; he was a descendant of Roger Cavendish, brother to Sir John Cavendish from whom the Dukes of Devonshire and the Dukes of Newcastle derive their family name of Cavendish.
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Felixstowe through the ages
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Felixstowe was once one of the great victorian seaside resorts. People would flock to its beaches from all parts of England. As well as donkey rides and 'punch and judy' shows, they would enjoy a shopping experience in Hamilton Road and stroll in its parks. Although today its popularity has waned, it still is worth a visit if you are in the area. The above photos compare victorian/edwardian Felixstowe with the Felixstowe of today.
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Snowy Sunday in Felixstowe
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Filmed and uploaded on 5th February, 2012 . . in the Suffolk seaside town of Felixstowe.
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uk truck simulator felixstowe to plymouth (part 1)
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- Updated: 13 Nov 2012
first job uk truck simulator felixstowe to plymouth both ukts and euro download depositfiles.com have not played this for abit so the stearing wheel and pedals were abit sharpish for me link to take police fines off www.youtube.com enjoy guys
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The Who - Live at Pier Pavillion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Sept 8th 1966)
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Featuring: 1. Heatwave 2. So Sad About Us 3. I'm a Boy 4. Substitute 5. My Generation
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Felixstowe Beach Holiday 1965
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The Cole and Rough family take a weeks holiday in Felixstowe Suffolk England staying at The Orwell Hotel
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OLD BEACH STATION FELIXSTOWE
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A short slideshow in memory of The Old Victorian Beach Station Felixstowe. Many happy memories of the late 1950`s - 60`s arriving at this wonderful old Victorian station by steam locomotive with my grandma. Sadly the station has now been demolished by greedy developer`s. A preservation society lost the chance to save this wonderful old station, they could not raise the funds in time to save it. The station was very hastily demolished before anyone realised what was happening. The land to this day is still undeveloped and overgrown, I`m sure and understanding could have been reached.Shame on the local council. Demolished but certainly not forgotten.
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Dream On.Woolworths Felixstowe Tribute 2009.
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- Updated: 26 Aug 2010
A tribute to the wonderful people at 432 Felixstowe. Woolworths Forever
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Felixstowe Pier in two minutes
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- Updated: 23 Sep 2012
Chief PierCrawler Chris Foote Wood takes a look at Felixstowe Pier. For more of Chris's videos see www.piercrawl.info and www.writersinc.biz
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Buses in Ipswich & Felixstowe in 1990
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- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
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Olympic Torch route through Felixstowe, 2012
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- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
Travel with us along the Felixstowe route that will be covered by the Olympic Torchbearers on 5th July, 2012 . . and plan where you'll be standing!
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Heavy Lift Cargo loading at Felixstowe
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Despite having received instructions to ship many "Choke and Kill" manifold systems, to various worldwide destinations, there is always a degree of nervous anticipation watching the handling and securing of this high value load consisting of a 34T piece with dimensions of 5.7 x 3.7 x 4.7m board the Arthur Maersk on route to Busan, South Korea. (Filming: consisting of discharging and then reloading of cargo ex road vehicle to flat rack, securing for ships voyage and then transferred to Port of Felixstowe for ship to shore quay crane lift) As part of a larger shipment, consisting of 2 x 40' high cube containers and 7 x 40' out of gauge flat racks, 2 winches weighing an impressive 32.5T & 50T respectively were loaded as break bulk cargo to the SL Meteor from the Port of Felixstowe to Mobile in the USA
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death defying felixstowe spit jump
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Local waterman 'little' joe bennett jumping the spit in Felixstowe into the laGOON on a kite board
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Plumbing Felixstowe
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Click Here: plumbingfelixstowe.com Plumbing Felixstowe contact us now 01394 273221 This quick video will show you exactly what to look for when choosing a local Plumber. Friendly Felixstowe plumbing repairs and plumbing advice here at MFB Heating Solutions expert plumbers in Felixstowe here to help you with your plumbing emergencies. Bathroom and shower installation, kitchen Installations, tank changes, tap repairs & replacements, toilet installation & repairs, commercial & domestic work undertaken. Breakdown and new installations, gas boiler servicing and system upgrades. Gas repairs, inspections and installations in Felixstowe -- by Gas-Safe registered engineer. Contact Us Today http 01394 273221
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FELIXSTOWE HARBOUR LORRIES JULY 2010
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A trailer for www.pmpfilms.com the worlds largest range of transport hobby films, see website for links, list and shopping
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Felixstowe - quiet Easter Saturday . .
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On an Easter Saturday afternoon stroll, I was surprised at how quiet it was . . .
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Charles Manning Felixstowe 'Amusement Park'
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Holding Back the Tide is a Heritage Lottery funded project coordinated by CoastNet. The initiative is collecting stories, pictures and artefacts from East Anglian communities to tell the story of coastal change that has occurred in the region over the last 50 years or more. The project will culminate in a touring exhibition of coastal living history for regional and local museums as well as on display at other venues as requested by participants. Central to the project is a vision for increased understanding and appreciation of the changes to the cultural and natural heritage of this part of the British coast and CoastNet wants it to be a vehicle for community cultural development, education and sustainable living.
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Container Haulage Felixstowe
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Click Here: containerhaulagefelixstowe.co.uk Container Haulage Felixstowe contact us now: +44 (0)1394 676462 This quick video will show you exactly what to look for when choosing a Road Haulage Company. Felixstowe Haulage Company DRS Logistics Ltd are available for all road haulage solutions. The Company is built around a dynamic, enthusiastic team of experienced individuals who are proud to be transport people with transport backgrounds. RHA member with full GIT insurance coverage Contact Us Today: containerhaulagefelixstowe.co.uk T: +44 (0)1394 676462 F: +44 (0)1394 676463
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ETS2 Beta - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne To Felixstowe
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With Euro Truck Simulator 2 due out tomorrow, this will be my last beta game play video, but I will continue to update my blog and my forums on the latest news regarding this amazing game, of course the information I can release will only be what SCS state I can, so keep checking both the sites, as One of them might contain different information to the other. This is my second 1080p ETS2 since my new monitor, which I have to say has made a hell of a difference compared to my old 17inch Dell, but the HP is also widescreen which makes it seem far larger than my old monitor, and I love it and I had it very very very very cheap. Now Back on track with the information for this video, it is a short journey from Newcastle Upon Tyne To Felixstowe. Trip Information Truck Used MAN TGX 680bhp 12 speed automatic gearbox chassis confiuration - 6x2-4 This time I decided to stick within the UK for a change, instead going across the channel, it was starting to feel strange to drive a truck in game that is actually right hand drive and drive on the left ( got me confused a few times ) Please be aware that there may be slight inperfections in this video, as video editing is not my strong point, but I am hopefully doing enough to scrape by without embarassing myself to much. I hope you enjoy the video, I know I enjoyed recording it, and after alot of private messages asking for a video showing the Scania being customised I finally gave in. My new Blog Located here: truckinsimulatorgames ...
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OK Dinghy Worlds 1995 in Felixstowe, Great Britain
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80 competitors from 11 countries participated in 1995 OK world championship held from July 22-28 at Felixstowe Ferry (UK). The weather was good during the whole week, the wind was coming from different directions, but every day, except for one, steady and strong enough to sail against the strong tidal currents. The third race was held in moderate to strong winds and moderate waves. On Wednesday no racing was possible, in the morning because of to big waves and strong winds, in the afternoon the starting procedure was abandoned because of a thunderstorm coming. After one day without sailing, it was only possible to sail six of the scheduled seven races. During the last race it was, in light winds, possible for both Bjorn Foerslund (SWE) and Jorgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) to become World champion, but Bjorn got the advantage. Jorgen had to win with Bjorn finishing worse than 4. But at the last leeward mark Bjorn was worse than ten and Jorgen was seventh. The leading boats went to the left, which had been the favoured side before, but Jorgen and Rudiger Prinz (GER) went to the right, hoping for a windshift caused by a cloud. As the fleet came together again Jorgen was first, only 200m to sail to become World champion the second time after 1978, but Rudiger overtook him on the finish line. The World champion 1995 in the OK Dinghy is Bjorn Foerslund. The OK Dinghy is a 4m long single-handed sailing racing dinghy. The design of the OK dinghy celebrated it's 50th anniversary in 2007.
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Port of Felixstowe - Landguard Terminal Quay Crane 1 Deconstruction
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This video was taken on 10-Dec-2010. It shows the deconstruction of Quay Crane 1 on the unused Landguard Terminal at The Port of Felixstowe. Structural cuts were made by external contractors to allow two road trains, one digger and a fork lift truck to collapse the crane into a manageable pile of steel. The first attempt to use a digger and fork lift truck failed. The boom was left in a upright position after the collapse was later rigged up and pulled over. Enjoy!
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Felixstowe Port Future, pt 2 - business park battle
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The second part of our March 2012 report on Felixstowe Port. One of the key issues about Felixstowe Port's future is that some of the newest port competition is possibly better placed, and perhaps better equipped to reach the biggest marketplaces - and one major point is having distribution facilities close to hand. How does Felixstowe stand, and what are the options?
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Port of Felixstowe vs London Gateway . . part 1
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In the 3rd quarter of 2013, the new London Gateway port on the Thames is due to open, with an initial capacity of 1.6m containers a year building to 3.6m in a fairly short time . . what will Felixstowe have to do to compete?
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TRUCKS AT FELIXSTOWE HARBOUR JULY 2011
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For the port, see Port of Felixstowe. For other uses, see Felixstowe (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 51°57′40″N 1°21′27″E / 51.9610°N 1.3576°E / 51.9610; 1.3576
| Felixstowe | |
 Felixstowe Pier & seafront |
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 Felixstowe
Felixstowe shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 29,349 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | TM306345 |
| District | Suffolk Coastal |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FELIXSTOWE |
| Postcode district | IP11 |
| Dialling code | 01394 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Suffolk Coastal |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Felixstowe is a seaside town on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. [1] The town is situated across the estuary of the River Orwell and the River Stour from Harwich in Essex.
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History[link]
A village has stood on the site since long before the Norman conquest[citation needed] The early history of Felixstowe, including its Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and medieval defences, is told under the name of Walton, because the name Felixstowe was given retrospectively, during the 13th century, to a place which had already been important for well over a thousand years.[citation needed]
It continued as a linchpin in England's defence, as proved when in 1667 Dutch soldiers landed near the Fludyers area and failed to capture Landguard Fort. The town only became a major port in 1886. In addition to shipping, tourism increased, and a pier was constructed in 1905 which is still running well to this day. Indeed, during the late Victorian period (after circa 1880) it became a fashionable resort, a trend initiated by the opening of Felixstowe railway station, the pier, (see above) and a visit by the German imperial family. It remained so until the late 1930s. In 1953, at least 48 people died in the town in the North Sea flood.
Landguard Fort[link]
Main article: Landguard Fort
Landguard Fort stands on the site of the last opposed invasion of England in 1667 and the first land battle of The Duke of York and Albany's Marines. The current fort was built in the 18th century, and modified in the 19th century with substantial additional 19th/20th century outside batteries. The fort hosts regular military re-enactments, including Darell's day with a Sealed Knot celebration of the last invasion, art exhibitions and alternative theatre. Landguard Fort is in the care of English Heritage and managed by the Landguard Fort Trust.[citation needed]
Felixstowe Museum[link]
A museum telling the story of Felixstowe, with a reference library, historic maps, photo archive and 14 rooms of artefacts from Roman finds, the Martello towers, military social and domestic history through two world wars and into the new millennium is managed by volunteers from the Felixstowe History and Museum Society. It is located in the old submarine mining establishment building at Landguard Point, between the Fort and Port.
Pier[link]
During the Second World War the majority of the pier, at the time one of the longest in the country and complete with its own train, was purposely demolished by Royal Engineers to prevent it being used as an easy landing point for enemy troops. Unfortunately after the war the damage was never repaired and the pier never regained its original length. Felixstowe was also one of the few places bombed by the Italians during the Blitz. Benito Mussolini's airforce proved to be no match for the Royal Air Force, who shot down a fair number of Italian biplanes over the English Channel and around Felixstowe itself - one of the few pictures of a shot-down Italian plane over the UK being from here.[citation needed]
Railway stations[link]
The sole remaining railway station, known as Felixstowe Town, opened in 1898 in the well-preserved building which now houses a Co-Operative supermarket, locally known as "Solar". It also houses other shops, including a pub, 'Play 'n' Exchange' game and joke Shop, 'Adam and Eve' hairdressers and Felixstowe Music, which is run by Felixstowe Radio, the local community radio station.
In its prime the railway station saw more than 20 services an hour, but now hosts only one, the service to Ipswich. The station now has only one platform, which has been created from the far end of one of the original platforms.[citation needed]
Felixstowe Beach railway station was demolished in 2004 despite a storm of protest from many local people keen on saving the 137 year-old historical building which the council had branded as 'unsafe'. The station was originally opened in 1877 and was used continuously until 1959, after which it was the site of a small printers for many years until its demolition.[2]
From 1877 until 1951 there was also Felixstowe Pier railway station sited inside the area of the modern day docks at a small pier popular with pleasure boats, and paddle steamer link to London.[3] A dock next to the pier was approved in 1879.[4]
Transport[link]
Bus[link]
The main bus operators are Ipswich Buses and First Eastern Counties.[5]
Train[link]
Felixstowe railway station is the terminus of the Felixstowe Branch Line passenger service to Ipswich the line itself branches before the station going on to the Port Of Felixstowe.
Felixstowe Ferry[link]
The Harwich Harbour Ferry operates between the View Point (near Landguard Fort) in Felixstowe and Halfpenny Pier, Harwich throughout the summer.[6] The Bawdsey Ferry crosses the River Deben from Felixstowe Ferry.
Politics[link]
Felixstowe is administered by Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Coastal District Council, and Felixstowe Town Council. Suffolk Coastal District Council, the local authority, is based in Woodbridge, although it has a part-time office in Felixstowe, which is open Mondays and Wednesdays. The local parish council, Felixstowe Town Council, is based in the town hall, on the seafront at Undercliff Road West.
Felixstowe is twinned with the German towns Wesel and Salzwedel.
Felixstowe lies within the Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency. The Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal was John Gummer from 1983 but he has stood down from this role to be replaced at the General Election on 6 May 2010 by Dr Therese Coffey.
Landmarks[link]
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Landguard Fort is a scheduled ancient monument and visitor attraction with a nearby nature reserve. At the opposite end of the town is Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club which is amongst the oldest in the UK, having been established in 1881. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour, Captain of the Golf Club in 1889, became Captain of the R&A in 1894 and British Prime Minister from 1902–1908.[citation needed]
Felixstowe has a recently refurbished sandy beach south from the pier, and a stoney beach north of the pier. A Victorian promenade runs along part of the beach, from the nature reserve in the southwest to Cobbolds Point (Maybush Lane in east), with traditional beach huts along most of that length. An amusement arcade with snooker halls and food outlets occupy the southern end. The pier, now disused except for a cafe and amusement arcade, stands before a leisure centre, with swimming pool, owned by the local council, now managed by a contractor.
From Brackenberry fort to Felixstowe Ferry there is a walkway and is the start of the 50 mile Suffolk Coast Path. The is no path between Cobbolds Point and Brackenberry fort as the coastal protection work now prevents pedestrian access along the beach. At low tide from Jacob's Ladder it is possible to glimpse the seaweed-covered remains of a Roman fort, and could possible be the place of Dommoc, in the water about 50 yards from the coast.
In the very centre of the town is South Beach Mansion now in private ownership. Originally built by the Eley family (famous for the Eley cartridges); town wits called it Eley Cathedral.[citation needed] It then passed to the Tollemache family and was at one time owned by the King of Portugal.[citation needed] It was also here that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and his family came to stay in 1893 putting Felixstowe on the international social map.[citation needed] Since then this grand Italianate mansion has played host to Mrs Simpson (who is reputed[by whom?] to have invented the Club Sandwich whilst visiting here)[citation needed] and T. E. Lawrence who stayed here for two years in the 1930s under the assumed names of Ross and Shaw.[citation needed] During the war it was an army headquarters before becoming the Felixstowe Town Hall. With Felixstowe's abdication of power to Woodbridge, the town hall was no longer needed and the property reverted to private ownership. The property has been extensively renovated and returned to its former glory in recent years.[citation needed]
Perhaps the most striking building on the front is Harvest House. Originally built as the Felix Hotel it then became Fisons's headquarters. Now it is a home for the elderly. It is a condition of residence that on arrival new residents are at least 55 years old.
Sport[link]
Felixstowe Rugby Union Football Club is the premier (and only) rugby club in Felixstowe. It was founded in 1930, and plays in the Eastern Counties Leagues. A.W. Brown, Chris Barbour, Rob Brewster, Steve Edwards, Steve Britchfield, Gareth Carr, Gavin "Boom Boom" Wright, Rob "tax disc" Woodard, Rab "Crimson Tide" Black, Pete "Ladies man" Sheppard have played for the team. Shaun Allen never really played for the club, more just showed up.
Felixstowe Hockey Club has three men's teams and one ladies' team. The men's 1st team play in eastern league division 1.
The town's only senior football team, Felixstowe & Walton United, compete in the Eastern Counties League Premier Division.
The town has a sports centre, the Brackenbury, in High Road East, and football, hockey and rugby pitches, together with four bowling greens and other sporting facilities. The sports centre, owned by the council, is managed by a contractor.
Felixstowe Golf Club is a links course to the northeast of the town centre.
Leisure facilities[link]
The town has two main leisure facilities: the Brackenbury Sports Centre in Old Felixstowe and the Felixstowe Leisure Centre adjacent to the pier. There is a bowls club and a tennis club has hosted a large post-Wimbledon tournament. There is also a small community centre, run by the Old Felixstowe Community Association (OFCA), in Ferry Road.
The library was refurbished in 2006 at a cost of £1,500,000 and has since won national awards.[7]
The Spa Pavilion Theatre is a 900-seat art deco-style building on the promenade, owned by the district council and managed by a private contractor; Status Quo played there in the 1970s; Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Led Zeppelin, Showaddywaddy, Slade and Mungo Jerry all played at the old Pier Pavilion which was demolished and is now the leisure centre. There is also a Sunday market that is larger than that at nearby Ipswich.
Felixstowe Radio is the community radio station that has broadcasts on 107.5 FM to the local area and via the internet.
The Port of Felixstowe[link]
Main article: Port of Felixstowe
Felixstowe is Britain's largest container port.
The main navigation channel is dredged to 14.5 metres below chart datum, and a depth of up to 15 metres alongside the quay, Felixstowe boasts deep-water able to accommodate the world’s latest generation of deep-draughted ultra post-Panamax vessels. There is a continuous quay of over 2.3 km, equipped with 25 ship-to shore gantry cranes.
It has congested road links to the Midlands via the A14 and to London via the A12 road. The single-track railway line to Ipswich has recently been upgraded to allow larger containers, and many containers are now transported by rail.
The port is owned by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd[8] with additional land on the peninsula owned by Trinity College, Cambridge.[9]
The port has its own Police Authority, which also currently has jurisdiction over the area local to the port (with permission from Suffolk Constabulary's Chief Inspector). Alongside the Port Police, they also have their own joint ambulance & fire service. One of the port ambulances, call sign 'Alpha 1', can also come off port to attend 999 emergencies in Felixstowe.
Parishes[link]
St. Felix is the Catholic Parish in Felixstowe.[10]
St. John the Baptist is an ecclesiastical parish in Felixstowe.[11]
Notable residents[link]
People originating from or associated with Felixstowe include:
- Jack Ainsley, footballer
- Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, soldier, Allenby Park in St. Andrews Road is named after him
- Thomas Cavendish, 'The Navigator', Elizabethan explorer, born in Trimley St Martin
- Iain Hook, UNRWA officer, killed in the line of duty
- Megs Jenkins, actor
- Jeremy Kemp, actor, Z-Cars
- T. E. Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia', based at RAF Landguard under the name John Hume Ross
- John Mills, actor
- Nicholas Pandolfi, broadcaster and actor
- Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor, Mrs Simpson, spent time at Felixstowe waiting for Edward VIII's abdication
- Barbara Ward, economist and writer, pupil at Jesus & Mary Convent in Felixstowe
- Simon Clements (1956-), cricketer
- Charles Cope, Ex-President, now Union Representative of the UEA Anime Society.
References[link]
- ^ The Ports Industry in England and Wales (2006-07)
- ^ Felixstowe Beach Station Destroyed
- ^ "Felixstowe Station Walk". National Express East Anglia. http://www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com/leisure_offers/days_out_by_train/railway_station_walks/felixstowe_station_walk. Retrieved 2010-01-25. [dead link]
- ^ "FELIXSTOWE RAILWAY AND DOCK BILL". Hansard. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1886/mar/11/second-reading. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Bus Operators
- ^ Harwich, Felixstowe and Shotley harbour foot ferry
- ^ The Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals (CILIP)
- ^ Port of Felixstowe. "Brief History". http://www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk/publications/journal/frmhistory1976.aspx.
- ^ "Cambridge University's Trinity College in £20million bid to buy the O2 arena". Daily Mail. August 3, 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203903/Cambridge-Universitys-Trinity-College-20million-bid-buy-02-arena.html.
- ^ http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/felixrc.htm
- ^ http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/felixjohn.htm
External links[link]
- Felixstowe Town Council
- Felixstowe Museum
- Felixstowe at the Open Directory Project
- Landguard Fort
- Felixstowe Radio
- [1] Photos of Felixstowe
- [2] Felixstowe Property News
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