Great Saxham

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Great Saxham
Location within Suffolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP29
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UK
England
Suffolk
52°13′55″N0°36′47″E / 52.232°N 0.613°E / 52.232; 0.613

Great Saxham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Saxhams, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. [1] The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Saxham Magna in 1254. [2] Saxham Hall is situated in the village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 189. [3] On 1 April 1988 the parish was merged with Little Saxham to form "The Saxhams". [4]

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, E. R., ed. (1875). "GREAT SAXHAM". The Post Office Directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk. London: Kelly & Co. p. 905.
  2. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert , The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 405-06. ISBN   0198691033 .
  3. ↑ "Population Statistics Great Saxham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "The St. Edmundsbury (Parishes) Order 1988" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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