Rumburgh is a village and

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in the

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. It is north-west of the market town of

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in the

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. The population of the parish at the

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was 327. The village is centred around a road junction, with development extending in a linear fashion. There is an additional cluster of housing at Aldous Corner as well as a number of scattered farms throughout the parish.Rumburgh
Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-03.Rumburgh
Suffolk Heritage Explorer,

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. Retrieved 2021-03-03. The parish borders the parishes of St James South Elmham, All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham, St Michael South Elmham,

Ilketshall St Margaret Ilketshall St Margaret is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is south of the market town of Bungay in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district. The parish is part of the area known as The Sai ...

, Spexhall and Wissett.

History

The village was not mentioned directly in the

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,Rumburgh
Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-03-03. but Rumburgh Priory was founded in the parish in about 1065. A

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priory, it was founded as a cell of St Benet's Abbey at Hulme in Norfolk.Page W (1975) 'Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Rumburgh' in ''A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2'', pp. 77–79.
Available online
at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-05-02.) At the time of the Domesday survey it had 12 monks. The priory was "suppressed" in 1528 by

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and used to provide funds for the building of Cardinal College in

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(ed) (1848) 'Rufford - Runwick' in ''A Topographical Dictionary of England'', pp. 711–716.
Available online
at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-05-02.)Knott S (2008

Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2011-05-02.

Culture and community

The parish church dates from the 13th-century and is the former priory church. It is dedicated to St Michael and St Felix and has an unusual wide tower dating from the same period the church was built. The

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and

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date from the 15th-century and the south porch from the 16th-century. The church is a Grade I listed building.Church of St Michael and St Felix
List entry,

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. Retrieved 2021-03-03. Other than the church, Rumburgh has a village hall, playing field and a public house, the ''Rumburgh Buck''.Rumburgh Buck
Suffolk pubs,

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. Retrieved 2021-03-03.

References

External links

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