Rushbrooke with Rougham

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Rushbrooke with Rougham
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Rushbrooke Parish Church photograph in 1903
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Rushbrooke with Rougham
Location within Suffolk
Population1,140 (2005) [1]
1,200 (2011) [2]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP30
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Suffolk
52°13′48″N0°47′17″E / 52.230°N 0.788°E / 52.230; 0.788 Coordinates: 52°13′48″N0°47′17″E / 52.230°N 0.788°E / 52.230; 0.788

Rushbrooke with Rougham is a large civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England covering the villages of Blackthorpe, Rougham and Rushbrooke as well as Rougham Airfield. Located directly south-east of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 1,140. [1] One 'Henry of Rushbrook' was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds from 1235 to 1248. The site of a former stately home, Rushbrooke Hall, is situated to the south of Rushbrooke. Until April 2019 it was in the St Edmundsbury district. The parish was created on 1 April 1988 from Rougham and parts of Great Barton, Great Whelnetham and Rushbrooke. [3]

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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 27 August 2016.
  3. "St. Edmundsbury (Parishes) Order 1988" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 19 July 2019.