Flempton is a village and

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in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is on the

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road 5 miles NW from Bury St Edmunds. Flempton takes its name from the

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who came from

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and settled the area in Anglo-Saxon times. The

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records the population of Flempton in 1086 to be 16 households. According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 149 in 68 households. St Catherine's church is a grade II* listed building whose tower was rebuilt in 1839 after it collapsed. The Flempton is grouped with

Hengrave Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of Flempton, Culford, Fornham S ...

to form a parish council made up of eight members, four from each

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. The

East of England Regional Assembly The East of England Regional Assembly was the regional chamber for the East of England region of the England. It was based at Flempton, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The assembly was created as a ''voluntary regional chamber'' in 1998 by the ...

was based in Flempton House until 2010. The former village pub is ''The Greyhound'' on ''The Green'' which closed in 2016. It is close to the

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. Flempton Forge and nearby Forge Cottage are grade II listed buildings on The Green. The forge has recently been converted to a holiday let.

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St Catherine's church

Flempton Forge
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Historical Social Data on Flempton
Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Borough of St Edmundsbury {{Suffolk-geo-stub