Rickinghall Superior is a
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
Mid Suffolk
Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. The district is primarily a rural area, containing just three towns, being Stowmarket, Needham Market and Eye. Its council was based in Needham Market until 2017 when it moved to sha ...
district of
Suffolk
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,
England
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. It covers the eastern part of the village of
Rickinghall
Rickinghall is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is split between two parishes, Rickinghall Inferior and Rickinghall Superior, which join with Botesdale to make a single built-up area.
There used to be t ...
, and also the hamlets of
Candle Street and
Allwood Green. The estimated population of this civil parish in 2020 was 706.
Notable residents
Mary Coulcher the philanthropist was born here in 1852 and
Basil Brown
Basil John Wait Brown (22 January 1888 – 12 March 1977) was an English archaeologist and astronomer. Self-taught, he discovered and excavated a 6th-century Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939, which has come to be called "one of t ...
(1888-1977) the noted archeologist lived in Rickinghall for much of his adult life.
See also
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St Mary's Church, Rickinghall Superior
References
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Mid Suffolk District
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