Culpho (pronounced Cul-fo) is a hamlet and
civil parish in the
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, about northeast of the centre of
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Culpho's population is less than 100, so the
Office for National Statistics includes it in the total for the civil parish of
Grundisburgh for the 2011 census. Other neighbouring villages include
Great Bealings,
Westerfield, and
Playford.
Toponym
The earliest known record of the
toponym is ''Culfole'' in the
Domesday Book of 1086, which list the population as 22 households. In 12th-century records it appears as ''Colfho'' in 1168, ''Culfou'' in 1169 and ''Culfo'' in 1175. A
pipe roll of 1178 records it as ''Culfho'' and an entry in the
Book of Fees
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for 1250 records it as ''Colvesho''. It is derived from
Old English
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, probably meaning "Cūþwulf's ''hōh''" (''hōh'' = "spur of land").
Parish church
The earliest parts of the
Church of England parish church
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of St
Botolph include the
chancel, which is 13th-century. The
nave has 14th-century features including a doorway and windows. There is also a 14th-century
piscina in the chancel. The
baptismal font
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Aspersion and affusion fonts
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is 15th-century. The church has a southwest tower with the porch built into its ground stage. The nave roof was rebuilt with new timbers in the 17th century.
The church was
restored in 1884. It is a
grade II* listed building.
[
St Botolph's church was granted to the ]Premonstratensian
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Leiston Abbey in the 13th century. The parish is now part of a shared benefice
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with Great Bealings, Little Bealings and Playford.
Thankful village
Culpho is one of the Thankful Villages, the few dozen parishes in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities in the First World War.
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Civil parishes in Suffolk
Villages in Suffolk
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