Rickinghall is a village 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 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. The village is split between two parishes,

Rickinghall Inferior Rickinghall Inferior is a civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2011 census there were 233 males and 216 females in this civil parish, for a total population of 449. It includes the western part of the villa ...

and Rickinghall Superior, which join with Botesdale to make a single built-up area. There used to be thirteen pubs in the two villages, but now only The Bell Inn (Rickinghall) and The Greyhound (Botesdale) remain. The White Horse was converted to private accommodation in November 2016. Rickinghall Village Name sign on School Road - geograph

Rickinghall Village Name sign on School Road - geograph

The adjoining village of Botesdale has one school, St Botolph's CEVCP, which serves Rickinghall, Botesdale, Redgrave and other local villages. Children from this school generally attend the Hartismere High School in Eye from the age of eleven. The Botesdale After School Club operates after school hours at Botesdale village hall which also houses the Botesdale and Rickinghall pre-school from 9.00 - 3.00. The villages of Rickinghall and Botesdale are serviced with a Co-op local store, Chinese takeaway, fish and chip shop, estate agent and several hairdressers amongst others. The Post Office with News closed in autumn 2016.

Notable people

Rickinghall was the birthplace of Sir

Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell (; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896. Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, E ...

, Prime Minister of Canada from 1894 to 1896, as well as the life-long home of

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 ...

, the amateur archaeologist who was instrumental in discovering and excavating the Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon Ship Burial and associated treasure in 1939.

References

External links

Diss Express
- village's local newspaper website

Rickinghall Parish Council website

Parish Magazine web page

St Mary's Church, Rickinghall Inferior web site

Rickinghall Village Hall web site Villages in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District {{Suffolk-geo-stub