Blyford (formerly known as Blythford) 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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the
East Suffolk district of
Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
, England, about east of
Halesworth
Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tribut ...
and separated from
Wenhaston by the
River Blyth, Suffolk
The River Blyth is a river in east Suffolk, England. Its source is near Laxfield and it reaches a tidal estuary between Southwold and Walberswick on the North Sea coast.
Course
The course of the river passes through agricultural land between ...
to the south. It is in the civil parish of
Sotherton.
Population in 1801 was 163 and by 1840 had risen to 223. In 1861 the population was 193.
In 1870–72,
John Marius Wilson
John Marius Wilson (c. 1805–1885) was a British writer and an editor, most notable for his gazetteers. The '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (published 1870–1872), was a substantial topographical dictionary in six volumes. It was ...
's ''
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Blyford like this:
On 9 August 2010,
BBC Radio Suffolk reported at the 14th/15th century thatched Queen's Head Inn. The inn sign features
St Etheldreda as the Queen. Chickens are located at the inn. The thatched roof was replaced in 1988 after a fire.
The church is just across the road from the inn with rumours of a smugglers' passage being located there.
The church was built in 1088, with a 13th-century font added.
References
External links
Blyford All Saints church website
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
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