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Brockford Street
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Post town Stowmarket
Postcode district IP14
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52°15′36″N1°06′07″E / 52.260°N 1.102°E / 52.260; 1.102

Brockford Street is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, in the Mid Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, sited upon the A140 road between Ipswich and Norwich. Nearby is Brockford Station, part of The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway which closed under B.R. in 1952. The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum is located at the site of the old cattle dock. Brockford was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brocfort. [1]

Enclosure Award and Map of Brockford Green, 1847 Enclosure Award and Map of Brockford Green, 1847.jpg
Enclosure Award and Map of Brockford Green, 1847

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References

  1. "Suffolk A-B". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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