Place:Suffolk, England

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NameSuffolk
Alt namesSFKsource: Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002). accessed 16 Dec 2002
Sudfulcsource: Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (1998)
Suffsource: Gazetteer of Great Britain (1999) xviii
Suffksource: BIAB Online (1999-2000) accessed 16 Dec 2002; UK Counties and Regions Abbreviations [web site] (1997-98) accessed 16 Dec 2002
TypeHistoric county, Modern county
Coordinates52.06°N 1.15°E
Located inEngland
See alsoEast Suffolk, Englandadministrative county which existed 1888-1974
West Suffolk, Englandadministrative county which existed 1888-1974
Contained Places
Unknown
Broad Green (Wetheringsett)
Earl's Green (Wyverstone)
Pitman's Corner
Borough (county)
Ipswich ( 500 - )
Borough (municipal)
Aldeburgh
Beccles ( - 1888 )
Bury St. Edmunds ( 500 - )
Eye
Lowestoft
Southwold
Sudbury
Chapelry
Ballingdon ( 1896 - )
Brundish
Gipping
Landwade ( 1994 - )
Leavenheath
Stowupland
Civil parish
Barrow
Barsham
Belton with Browston ( - 1974 )
Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield ( 1998 - )
Bradwell ( - 1974 )
Brandon
Brome and Oakley ( 1982 - )
Bures St. Mary
Burgh Castle ( - 1974 )
Burgh
Chedburgh
Depden
Ellough
Flixton (near Bungay)
Gazeley
Gedding
Great Redisham
Hargrave
Hawstead
Hazlewood
Hengrave
Herringswell
Hessett
Hopton on Sea ( - 1974 )
Horringer
Icklingham
Ickworth
Ixworth Thorp
Kentford
Lackford
Lakenheath
Landwade ( 1994 - )
Leavenheath
Little Saxham
Little Stonham
Little Waldingfield
Little Whelnetham
Market Weston
Mettingham
Mildenhall
Nowton
Pakenham
Rede
Reydon
Ringsfield
Risby
Rushbrooke with Rougham ( 1988 - )
Santon Downham
Shadingfield
Shipmeadow
Sotterley
South Elmham All Saints and St. Nicholas ( 1737 - )
South Elmham St. Cross
South Elmham St. James
South Elmham St. Margaret
South Elmham St. Mary
South Elmham St. Michael
South Elmham St. Peter
Stanningfield
Stanton
The Saxhams ( 1988 - )
Thelnetham
Tostock
Troston
Ubbeston
Walberswick
Wangford (near Mildenhall)
Wenhaston
West Stow
Westhall
Westleton
Westley
Weston
Whepstead
Wickham Market
Wissett
Woolverstone
Wordwell
Worlingham
Worlington
Wrentham
Yoxford
Deserted settlement
Chilton
District municipality
Babergh District ( 1974 - )
East Suffolk District ( 2019 - )
Forest Heath District ( 1974 - 2019 )
Ipswich ( 500 - )
Mid Suffolk District ( 1974 - )
St. Edmundsbury District ( 1974 - 2019 )
Suffolk Coastal District ( 1974 - 2019 )
Waveney District ( 1974 - 2019 )
West Suffolk District ( 2019 - )
Extra parochial area
Chimney Mills
Hardwick
Monks Risbridge
Purdis Farm
Redlingfield
Stratton Hall
Sudbury St. Bartholomew
Former parish
Chimney Mills
Darmsden
Easton Bavents
Icklingham St. James and All Saints
Monks Risbridge
South Elmham All Saints ( - 1737 )
Walton
Wissington ( - 1884 )
Hamlet
Darmsden
Easton Bavents
Ixworth Thorp
Wordwell
Hundred
Babergh Hundred
Blackbourn Hundred
Blything Hundred
Bosmere and Claydon Hundred
Carlford Hundred
Colneis Hundred
Cosford Hundred
Hartismere Hundred
Hoxne Hundred
Lackford Hundred
Loes Hundred
Mutford and Lothingland Hundred
Plomesgate Hundred
Risbridge Hundred
Samford Hundred
Stow Hundred
Thedwastre Hundred
Thingoe Hundred
Thredling Hundred
Wangford Hundred
Wilford Hundred
Inhabited place
Bruisyard
Capel St. Mary
Conyer's Green
Corton
Denton
East Bergholt
Framlingham
Gunton
Herringfleet
Hintlesham
Holbrook
Iken
Kessingland
Letheringham
Martlesham Heath
Orford
Rendham
Reydon
Sapiston
Shotley Gate
Snape
Somerleyton
Sproughton
St Olaves
Stratford St. Mary
Tattingstone
Tunstall
Walberswick
Woolverstone
Island
Havergate
Locality
Alnesbourn Priory
Parish
Acton
Akenham
Aldeburgh
Alderton
Aldham
Aldringham
Alnesbourn Priory
Alpheton
Ampton
Ashbocking
Ashby ( - 1987 )
Ashfield with Thorpe
Aspall
Assington
Athelington
Bacton
Badingham
Badley
Badwell Ash
Ballingdon ( 1896 - )
Bardwell
Barham
Barking
Barnardiston
Barnham
Barningham
Barton Mills
Battisford
Bawdsey
Baylham
Bedfield
Bedingfield
Belstead
Benacre
Benhall
Beyton
Bildestone
Blaxhall
Blyford
Blythburgh
Botesdale
Boulge
Boxford
Boxted
Boyton
Bradfield Combust
Bradfield St. Clare
Bradfield St. George
Braiseworth
Bramfield
Bramford
Brampton
Brantham
Bredfield
Brent Eleigh
Brettenham
Brightwell
Brockley
Brome
Bromeswell
Brundish
Bucklesham
Burgate
Butley
Buxhall
Campsea Ashe
Capel St. Andrew
Carlton Colville
Cavendish
Cavenham
Charsfield
Chediston
Chelmondiston
Chelsworth
Chevington
Chillesford
Chilton
Clare
Claydon
Clopton
Cockfield
Coddenham
Combs
Coney Weston
Cookley
Cotton
Covehithe
Cowlinge
Cratfield
Creeting All Saints
Creeting St. Mary
Creeting St. Olave
Creeting St. Peter
Cretingham
Crowfield
Culford
Culpho
Dallinghoe
Darsham
Debach
Debenham
Denham (near Bury St. Edmunds)
Denham (near Eye)
Dennington
Denston
Drinkstone
Dunwich ( 630 - )
Earl Soham
Earl Stonham
Earsham ( - 1885 )
Edwardstone
Elmsett
Elmswell
Elveden
Eriswell
Euston
Exning
Eye
Fakenham Magna
Falkenham
Felixstowe
Felsham
Finningham
Flempton
Flixton (near Lowestoft)
Flowton
Fornham All Saints
Fornham St. Genevieve
Fornham St. Martin
Foxhall
Framsden
Freckenham
Fressingfield
Fritton and St. Olaves ( - 1974 )
Frostenden
Gipping
Gislingham
Glemsford
Gosbeck
Great Ashfield
Great Barton
Great Bealings
Great Blakenham
Great Bradley
Great Bricett
Great Cornard
Great Finborough
Great Livermere
Great Saxham
Great Thurlow
Great Waldingfield
Great Whelnetham
Great Wratting
Groton
Grundisburgh
Halesworth
Harleston
Hartest
Hartismere
Hasketon
Haughley
Havergate
Haverhill
Hawkedon
Helmingham
Hemingstone
Hemley
Henham
Henley
Henstead
Hepworth
Heveningham
Higham Green
Hinderclay
Hitcham
Hollesley
Holton
Honington
Hopton (near Thetford)
Horham
Hoxne
Hundon
Hunston
Huntingfield
Ilketshall St. Andrew
Ilketshall St. John
Ilketshall St. Lawrence
Ilketshall St. Margaret
Ingham
Ipswich St. Margaret ( 1300 - )
Ixworth
Kedington ( 1895 - )
Kelsale cum Carlton ( 1885 - )
Kenton
Kersey
Kesgrave
Kettlebaston
Kirton
Knettishall
Knodishall
Langham
Lavenham
Lawshall
Laxfield
Layham
Leiston cum Sizewell
Levington
Lidgate
Lindsey
Linstead Magna
Linstead Parva
Little Bealings
Little Blakenham
Little Cornard
Little Finborough
Little Livermere
Little Thurlow
Little Wratting
Long Melford
Lowestoft
Martlesham
Mellis
Melton
Mendham
Mendlesham
Metfield
Mickfield
Middleton with Fordley
Milden
Monk Soham
Monks Eleigh
Moulton
Nacton
Naughton
Nayland with Wissington ( 1884 - 1952 )
Nayland
Nedging with Naughton ( 1935 - )
Nedging ( - 1935 )
Needham Market
Nettlestead
Newbourn
Newton near Sudbury
North Cove
Norton
Oakley
Occold
Offton
Old Newton
Onehouse
Otley
Ousden
Palgrave
Parham
Peasenhall
Pettaugh
Pettistree
Playford
Polstead
Poslingford
Preston
Ramsholt
Rattlesden
Redgrave
Redlingfield
Rickinghall Inferior
Rickinghall Superior
Ringshall
Rishangles
Rougham
Rumburgh
Rushbrooke
Rushmere St. Andrew
Semer
Shelland
Shimpling
Shottisham
Sibton
Somerleyton Ashby and Herringfleet ( 1987 - )
Somersham
Somerton
Sotherton
South Cove
Southolt
Spexhall
Stansfield
Stanstead
Stoke Ash
Stoke by Clare
Stoke by Nayland
Stonham Aspall
Stoven
Stowlangtoft
Stowupland
Stradbroke
Stradishall
Stratton Hall
Stuston
Sudbury St. Bartholomew
Sutton
Swilland
Syleham
Tannington
Theberton
Thorington
Thorndon
Thornham Magna
Thornham Parva
Thorpe Morieux
Thrandeston
Thurston
Thwaite
Timworth
Trimley St. Martin
Trimley St. Mary
Tuddenham St. Martin
Tuddenham
Ufford
Uggeshall
Waldringfield
Walpole
Walsham le Willows
Wangford (near Halesworth)
Wangford with Henham ( 1987 - )
Wattisfield
Wattisham
Westerfield
Westhorpe
Wetherden
Wetheringsett
Weybread
Whatfield
Whitton cum Thurlston
Wickham Skeith
Wickhambrook
Wilby
Willingham
Willisham
Wingfield
Winston
Withersfield
Witnesham
Wixoe
Woolpit
Worlingworth
Wortham
Wyverstone
Yaxley
Parish (ancient)
Little Stonham
Market Weston
Reydon
South Elmham All Saints and St. Nicholas ( 1737 - )
South Elmham St. Cross
South Elmham St. James
South Elmham St. Margaret
South Elmham St. Mary
South Elmham St. Michael
South Elmham St. Nicholas ( - 1737 )
South Elmham St. Peter
Stanton
Thelnetham
Troston
Ubbeston
Wenhaston
West Stow
Westhall
Westleton
Wissett
Wordwell
Wrentham
Yoxford
Registration district
Blyth Registration District ( 1935 - 1983 )
Blything Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Bosmere Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Bury St. Edmunds Registration District ( 1837 - 2010 )
Cosford Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 )
Deben Registration District ( 1935 - 2010 )
Gipping Registration District ( 1935 - 1983 )
Gipping and Hartismere Registration District ( 1983 - 2010 )
Hartismere Registration District ( 1837 - 1983 )
Hoxne Registration District ( 1837 - 1907 )
Ipswich Registration District
Lothingland Registration District ( 1935 - 1974 )
Mildenhall Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 )
Mutford Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Newmarket Registration District ( 1837 - 1989 )
Plomesgate Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Risbridge Registration District ( 1837 - 1938 )
Samford Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Stow Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Sudbury Registration District ( 1837 - 2010 )
Suffolk Registration District ( 2010 - )
Thingoe Registration District ( 1837 - 1908 )
Wainford Registration District ( 1935 - 1948 )
Wangford Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Waveney Registration District ( 1974 - 2010 )
Woodbridge Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Rural district
Blyth Rural ( 1934 - 1974 )
Blything Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Bosmere and Claydon Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Brandon Rural ( 1894 - 1935 )
Clare Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Cosford Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Deben Rural ( 1934 - 1974 )
East Stow Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Gipping Rural ( 1934 - 1974 )
Hartismere Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Hoxne Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Lothingland Rural ( 1934 - 1974 )
Melford Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Mildenhall Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Moulton Rural ( 1894 - 1935 )
Mutford and Lothingland Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Plomesgate Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Samford Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Thedwastre Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Thingoe Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Wainford Rural ( 1934 - 1974 )
Wangford Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Woodbridge Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Unknown
Barnby
Bentley
Blundeston
Braisworth
Brandeston
Brockford
Burstall
Chattisham
Copdock
Cosford
Cransford
Culmstock
Dagwood
Dalham
Denardiston
Dunningworth
Easton
Erwarton
Eyke
Farnham
Fornham
Freston
Friston
Gedgrave
Gisleham
Gorleston
Great Bicet
Great Fakenham
Great Glemham
Great Waldringfield
Great Wenham
Hacheston
Harkstead
Higham (near Nayland)
Higham
Holton St. Mary
Hoo
Kettleburgh
Kirkley
Little Glemham
Little Wenham
Lound
Marlesford
Monewden
Mutford
Oulton
Pakefield
Raydon
Rendlesham
Risbridge
Rushford
Rushmere (near Lowestoft)
Saxtead
Shelley
Shotley
Southtown
Sternfield
Stratford St. Andrew
Stutton
Sudbourne
Swefling
Wantisden
Washbrook
Wherstead
Whixoe
Woverstone
Urban district
Bungay ( 1910 - )
Felixstowe
Glemsford
Hadleigh
Halesworth
Haverhill
Leiston cum Sizewell
Newmarket
Oulton Broad ( 1904 - 1919 )
Saxmundham
Stowmarket
Woodbridge
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the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Suffolk is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket, and Felixstowe which has one of the largest container ports in Europe.

The county is low-lying but can be quite hilly, especially towards the west. It is also known for its extensive farming and has largely arable land with the wetlands of the Broads in the north. The Suffolk Coast & Heaths and Dedham Vale are both nationally designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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History

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Administration

The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Suffolk, and East Anglia generally, occurred on a large scale, possibly following a period of depopulation by the previous inhabitants, the Romanised descendants of the Iceni. By the fifth century, they had established control of the region. The Anglo-Saxon inhabitants later became the "north folk" and the "south folk", from which developed the names "Norfolk" and "Suffolk". Suffolk and several adjacent areas became the kingdom of East Anglia, which later merged with Mercia and then Wessex.

Suffolk was originally divided into four separate Quarter Sessions divisions. In 1860, the number of divisions was reduced to two. The eastern division was administered from Ipswich and the western from Bury St Edmunds. Under the Local Government Act 1888, the two divisions were made the separate administrative counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk; Ipswich became a county borough. A few Essex parishes were also added to Suffolk: Ballingdon-with-Brundon and parts of Haverhill and Kedington.

On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, East Suffolk, West Suffolk, and Ipswich were merged to form the unified county of Suffolk. The county was divided into several local government districts: Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, and Waveney. This act also transferred some land near Great Yarmouth to Norfolk. As introduced in Parliament, the Local Government Act would have transferred Newmarket and Haverhill to Cambridgeshire and Colchester from Essex; such changes were not included when the act was passed into law.

In 2007, the Department for Communities and Local Government referred Ipswich Borough Council's bid to become a new unitary authority to the Boundary Committee. The Boundary Committee consulted local bodies and reported in favour of the proposal. It was not, however, approved by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

Beginning in February 2008, the Boundary Committee again reviewed local government in the county, with two possible options emerging. One was that of splitting Suffolk into two unitary authorities – Ipswich and Felixstowe and Rural Suffolk; and the other, that of creating a single county-wide controlling authority – the "One Suffolk" option. In February 2010, the then-Minister Rosie Winterton announced that no changes would be imposed on the structure of local government in the county as a result of the review, but that the government would be: "asking Suffolk councils and MPs to reach a consensus on what unitary solution they want through a countywide constitutional convention". Following the May 2010 general election, all further moves towards any of the suggested unitary solutions ceased on the instructions of the incoming Coalition government. In 2018 it was determined that Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury would be merged to form a new West Suffolk district, while Waveney and Suffolk Coastal would similarly form a new East Suffolk district. These changes took effect on 1 April 2019.

Archaeology

West Suffolk, like nearby East Cambridgeshire, is renowned for archaeological finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. Bronze Age artefacts have been found in the area between Mildenhall and West Row, in Eriswell and in Lakenheath. Many bronze objects, such as swords, spearheads, arrows, axes, palstaves, knives, daggers, rapiers, armour, decorative equipment (in particular for horses), and fragments of sheet bronze, are entrusted to St. Edmundsbury heritage service, housed at West Stow just outside Bury St. Edmunds. Other finds include traces of cremations and barrows.

In the east of the county is Sutton Hoo, the site of one of England's most significant Anglo-Saxon archaeological finds, a ship burial containing a collection of treasures including a sword of state, helmet, gold and silver bowls, jewellery and a lyre.

In 1992 a famous hoard of late Roman gold and silver was discovered in the village of Hoxne. It is still the largest hoard of its kind to have been discovered in Britain.

While carrying out surveys before installing a pipeline in 2014, archaeologists for Anglian Water discovered nine skeletons and four cremation pits, at Bardwell, Barnham, Pakenham and Rougham, all near Bury St Edmunds. Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and medieval items were also unearthed, along with the 9 skeletons believed to be of the late or post-Roman era (AD 300–500). Experts said the 5-month project had recovered enough artefacts to fill half a shipping container, and that the discoveries had shed new light on their understanding of the development of small rural communities.

A number of 6th century Anglo-Saxon "grub huts" were also found nearby, which are believed to be cellars beneath Saxon buildings.

In 2019, an excavation of an 4th-century Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham uncovered unusual burial practices. Of 52 skeletons were found, a large number had been decapitated, which archaeologists claimed gave new insight in to Roman traditions. The burial ground includes the remains of men, women and children who likely lived in a nearby settlement. The fact that up to 40% of the bodies were decapitated represents "quite a rare find".

A survey in 2020 named Suffolk the third best place in the UK for aspiring archaeologists, and showed that the area was especially rich in finds from the Roman period, with over 1500 objects found in the preceding year.

In July 2020, metal detectorist Luke Mahoney, found 1061 silver hammered coins estimated to be worth £100,000 in Ipswich. The coins dated back to the 15th–17th century, according to experts.

In September 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery with 17 cremations and 191 burials dating back to the 7th century in Oulton, near Lowestoft. The graves contained the remains of men, women and children, as well as artefacts including small iron knives and silver pennies, wrist clasps, strings of amber and glass beads. According to Andrew Peachey, who carried out the excavations, the skeletons had mostly vanished because of the highly acidic soil. They, fortunately, were preserved as brittle shapes and "sand silhouettes" in the sand.

Suffolk Pink

Villages and towns in Suffolk are renowned for historic pink-washed halls and cottages, which has become known far and wide as 'Suffolk Pink'. Decorative paint colours found in the county can range from a pale shell shade, to a deep blush brick colour.

According to research, Suffolk Pink dates back to the 14th century, where these shades were developed by local dyers by adding natural substances to a traditional limewash mix. Additives used in this process include pig or ox blood with buttermilk, elderberries and sloe juice.

Locals and historians often state that a true Suffolk Pink should be a "deep dusky terracotta shade", rather than the more popular pastel hue of modern times. This has caused controversy in the past when home and business-owners alike have been reprimanded for using colours deemed incorrect, with some being forced to repaint to an acceptable shade. In 2013, famous chef Marco Pierre White had his 15th century hotel, The Angel, in Lavenham, decorated a shade of pink that was not traditional Suffolk Pink. He was required by local authorities to repaint.


In another example of Suffolk taking its colours seriously, a home-owner in Lavenham was obligated to paint their Grade 1 listed cottage Suffolk Pink, to make it match a neighbouring property. The local council said it wanted all of the cottages on that particular part of the road to be the same colour, because they were a single building historically (300 years earlier).

County landmarks that are painted Suffolk Pink include the cottages in front of St Mary's Church in the village of Cavendish.

The historic Suffolk Pink colour has also inspired the name of a British apple.

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