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Benhall is a civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Lying to the south of Saxmundham, its population at the 2021 census was 569. The main settlement is Benhall Green, while the hamlet of Benhall Street lies towards the west of the parish. History The manor of Benhall was granted in 1086 to Robert de Malet, and has since had a long and complicated history, having been owned by many of the most powerful people of their time, including the De La Poles, the Howards and King Henry VIII. Benhall Lodge The great house of the area is Benhall Lodge. A manor house had existed on the Benhall estate since at least 1225, when it was fortified by Ralph de Sunderland. Long known as Benhall Lodge, the house has been rebuilt by various Lords of the Manor: including in 1638 by Sir Edward Duke, 1st Baronet, Sir Edward Duke, Bt., in 1790 by William Beaumaris Rush, and in 1810 by Edward Hollond. The mansion house suffered serious fires in 1885 and ...
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Benhall Green
Benhall Green is a village in Suffolk, England, about south of the town of Saxmundham. The village is the main settlement of Benhall parish, which had a population of 569 at the 2021 census. The main road south from Saxmundham skirted the village to the west and became the A12 road (England), A12 trunk road. The Saxmundham bypass, built in the 1980s, now carries the trunk road a little further from the village. On the south-east edge of the village, a lane crosses the small River Fromus at a Ford (crossing), ford, then immediately enters Sternfield village. For the first tier of local government, Benhall and Sternfield parishes elect members of Benhall & Sternfield Parish Council. Most local government functions are carried out by East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council. For Westminster elections, the parish is within the Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency), Suffolk Coastal constituency. Benhall & Sternfield CofE Primary School has a central position in the vi ...
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