Great Whelnetham

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Great Whelnetham
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Great Whelnetham
Location within Suffolk
Population820 (2005) [1]
849 (2011) [2]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP30
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52°12′22″N0°45′04″E / 52.206°N 0.751°E / 52.206; 0.751

Great Whelnetham (sometimes Great Welnetham [3] ) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 820. [1]

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The parish also contains the hamlet of Cocks Green, and the village of Sicklesmere, with which Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe, the area was served by Welnetham railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line.

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

History


Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Great Whelnetham had a population of 830 with 349 households, [5] increasing to 849 in 348 households at the 2011 Census.

Population change

Population change in Great Whelnetham from 1801 to 2011
Year18011811182118311841185118811891
Population222266399422514552440362
Year19011911192119311951196120012011
Population357366359315442444830849
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. Ordnance Survey: Explorer 211. Shows the civil parish as "Great Whelnetham" but the village as "Great Welnetham". Village signs all show "Great Whelnetham".
  4. "Decapitated bodies found in Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham". BBC News. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  6. "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

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