Blaxhall is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. Located around south-west of

Leiston Leiston ( ) is an English town in the East Suffolk non-metropolitan district of Suffolk, near Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, about from the North Sea coast, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London. The town had a population of 5,508 at th ...

and

Aldeburgh Aldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town in the county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,276 in 2019. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the international Alde ...

, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220, measured at 194 in the 2011 Census.Civil Parish population 2011
Retrieved 2015-09-16. The parish council owns Blaxhall Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the

Suffolk Coast and Heaths The Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk and Essex, England. The AONB covers ancient woodland, commercial forestry, the estuaries of the Alde, Blyth, Deben, Orwell and Stour rivers, farmland, sal ...

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of ...

to the south-east of the village.Blaxhall Common
, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-28. The area is one of the few remaining areas of lowland dry

heathland A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a coole ...

in the Suffolk Sandlings and is managed by

Suffolk Wildlife Trust Suffolk Wildlife Trust (SWT) describes itself as the county's "nature charity – the only organisation dedicated wholly to safeguarding Suffolk's wildlife and countryside." It is a registered charity, and its headquarters is at Brooke House in ...

as a nature reserve.Blaxhall Heath
, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-28. The Blaxhall Stone is a large stone located at Stone Farm which, according to local legend, has been constantly increasing in size since it was dug up in the 19th century.
Megalithia. Retrieved 2014-08-22. Blaxhall is the subject of the book ''Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay'' by the historian George Ewart Evans. It describes rural life in the village.

Notable people from Blaxhall

* Thomas Weyland (~1230–1298), lawyer, administrator and landowner who became

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas The chief justice of the Common Pleas was the head of the Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Common Bench or Common Place, which was the second-highest common law court in the English legal system until 1875, when it, along with the othe ...

under

King Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal ...

. * John Arnold (?-~1410), Member of Parliament for

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...

in September 1388, 1394, January 1397, and 1399. Also Coroner and Bailiff of the town and an Alnager. *

Robert Curson Robert Curson (1535) was an English courtier at the court of Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and f ...

(1460-1535), courtier at the court of Henry VIII, and also that of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. *

William Bullein William Bullein (c.1515–1576) was an English physician and cleric. Life On 9 June 1550 Bullein was instituted to the rectory of Blaxhall in Suffolk, where some of his relations lived. This preferment he resigned before 5 November 1554. He a ...

(c.1515–1576), physician and cleric. * Margery Beddingfield (1742–1763), convicted murderer who was burnt in 1763. * George Ewart Evans (1909–1988), Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist.

References

External links

Village website
Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub