Falkenham is a village and a civil parish in the
East Suffolk district, in the English county 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 ...
, near the village of
Kirton and the towns of
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...
and
Felixstowe
Felixstowe ( ) is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest Containerization, containe ...
. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 170.
Description
The parish contains the hamlets of Falkenham Sink and Lower Falkenham. The parish church is dedicated to St Ethelbert and is a grade II* listed building. The major
A14 road runs nearby.
The Falkenham Marshes are on the
River Deben
The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising to the west of Debenham, though a second, higher source runs south from the parish of Bedingfield. The river passes through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at ...
.
History
At the time of the
Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...
the manor of
Walton Walton may refer to:
People
* Walton (given name)
* Walton (surname)
* Susana, Lady Walton (1926–2010), Argentine writer
Places
Canada
* Walton, Nova Scotia, a community
** Walton River (Nova Scotia)
*Walton, Ontario, a hamlet
United Kingd ...
was linked with that of Falkenham. The village’s only Public House, The Falkenham Dog, closed in 1975/6.
Location grid
See also
Dommoc#Felixstowe
References
St Ethelbert's - A church near you
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
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