Playford, Suffolk

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Playford
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The Village Hall
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Playford
Location within Suffolk
Population215 (2011)
OS grid reference TM217480
Civil parish
  • Playford
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Ipswich
Postcode district IP6
Dialling code 01473
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
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52°05′10″N1°14′06″E / 52.086°N 1.235°E / 52.086; 1.235

Playford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has about 215 residents in 90 households. [1] [2] The name comes from the Old English plega meaning play, sport; used of a place for games, or a courtship or mating-place for animals, and the Old English ford meaning a place where a stream or river can be crossed. [3] Villages nearby include Rushmere, Little Bealings, Great Bealings, Culpho and Grundisburgh. There are no pubs or shops in Playford, although it has a church (St Mary's) and a village hall.

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References

  1. Bealings and Playford Parish Plan
  2. "Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. "Suffolk place names" . Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. Mitchell, Gemma (3 October 2016). "Suffolk woman to take on might of the Pacific in a row boat". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 17 April 2024.