Copdock is a village and former civil parish in
county of
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
, south-eastern England. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 399.
Location
Copdock is south-west of
Ipswich. It is located on the former
A12 road (now designated as the C475), which was blocked off at Whights Corner after the construction of the Copdock Interchange and the
A14 road A14 may refer to:
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Ipswich bypass.
Governance
The local authority for the area is
Babergh District Council Babergh may refer to the following places in England:
* Babergh Hundred, a defunct hundred of the county of Suffolk, named for a "mound of a man called Babba"
* Babergh District
Babergh District (pronounced , ) is a Non-metropolitan district, lo ...
. On 1 April 1994 the parish was merged with
Washbrook to form the
Copdock and Washbrook
Copdock and Washbrook is a civil parish in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It covers the villages of Copdock and Washbrook, as well as the hamlets of Coles Green, Mace Green and Washbrook Street.
In 2006 the parish ...
.
Description
It has a local primary school called Copdock Primary School, and the local church is called St. Peter's Copdock and is a
Church of England.
The local
village hall, located on the old A12, was built in 1991, and is situated within the grounds of the local
playing fields. Various
sports clubs use the playing fields; and they are home to a thriving cricket team, Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC. The Best Western Ipswich Hotel
is located opposite the village hall.
Notable persons
William Henry Hewitt, recipient of the
Victoria Cross, was born in Copdock in 1884.
References
External links
Copdock at Streetmap.co.ukOfficial Copdock & Washbrook website
Copdock Primary School
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Villages in Suffolk
Former civil parishes in Suffolk
Babergh District