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Little Waldingfield
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St. Lawrence's church, Little Waldingfield
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Little Waldingfield
Location within Suffolk
Population366 (2011) [1]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Sudbury
Postcode district CO10
Dialling code 01787
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England
Suffolk
52°04′16″N0°48′14″E / 52.071°N 0.804°E / 52.071; 0.804

Little Waldingfield is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located two miles from its sister village, Great Waldingfield, it is part of the Babergh district, and includes the hamlet of Humble Green.

Around half the village is a designated conservation area, and the parish also contains part of the Milden Thicks SSSI and two of the sources of the River Box.

Robert Branford, thought to be the first black Metropolitan Police officer, died in 1869 and is buried in the parish churchyard.

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 13 September 2015.