Letheringham

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Letheringham
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St Mary's Church, Letheringham
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Letheringham
Location within Suffolk
Area9.52 km2 (3.68 sq mi) inc the parish of Hoo, Suffolk
Population160 (2011) inc the parish of Hoo, Suffolk
  Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Woodbridge
Postcode district IP13
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
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Suffolk
52°10′20″N1°19′27″E / 52.172247°N 1.324282°E / 52.172247; 1.324282
Letheringham village sign, a millstone from the old watermill Letheringham village sign, a millstone from the old watermill.webp
Letheringham village sign, a millstone from the old watermill

Letheringham is a sparsely populated civil parish in the East Suffolk district (formerly Deben Rural District and then Suffolk Coastal) in Suffolk, England, on the Deben River. [1]

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St Mary is a tiny church, the remains of the tower and nave of a Priory church, and sits in a farmyard.

For over 1000 years Letheringham has been a parish of ancient Loes Hundred.

From the 2011 Census population details were no longer maintained for this parish and were included in the civil parish of Hoo.

History

Domesday Book

Letheringham was recorded here in 1086 as a settlement in the hundred of Loose having 30 households (of which 16 were free). The majority of lands were held under the local Lord, William of Bouville. [2]

Letheringham Priory [3]

This priory, a small cell of the Ipswich Augustinian Priory, was founded end of the 12th century and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. It remained under the patronage of the de Bovile family until the mid-14th century when it passed to the Wingfields. Following the Dissolution, the Priory was granted in 1539 to Sir Anthony Wingfield. After fire damage in the early 1600s, a descendant of his, Sir Robert Naunton, built a large mansion, Letheringham Abbey, [4] on the site to the south of the monastic church. Through vandalism and neglect the church was in serious disrepair by the late 1700s.

It remains a site of both historical and archaeological interest, particularly the remaining brick gatehouse and the restored church.

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References

  1. "Genuki: Letheringham, Suffolk". www.genuki.org.uk.
  2. "Letheringham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. "Letheringham Priory and remains of 17th century walled garden, Letheringham - 1014859 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. Farrer, E (1928). "Letheringham Abbey". Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. XX (Part 1): 9–10.