Saxtead is a small village in the

East Suffolk East Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * East Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * East Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...

district, in the county of

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include L ...

. Saxtead gives its name to the settlements of Saxtead Green and Saxtead Little Green and the windmill

Saxtead Green Windmill Saxtead Green Post Windmill is a Grade II* listed post mill at Saxtead Green, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England which is also an Scheduled monument and has been restored. History According to the Manorial Records there has been a windmill in Saxtea ...

. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 335. Saxtead is located on the A1120 road in between the town of

Stowmarket Stowmarket ( ) is a market town in Suffolk, England,OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edm ...

and the village of

Yoxford Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold. It is known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a Britten opera. The name 'Yoxford ...

. The place-name 'Saxtead' is first attested in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086, where it appears as ''Saxsteda''. The name is thought to mean 'Seaxa's place'.

Eilert Ekwall Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall (born 8 January 1877 in Vallsjö (now in Sävsjö, Jönköpings län), Sweden, died 23 November 1964 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden), known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Sweden's Lund University from 1909 t ...

, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.406.

Notable people

Margaret Green Margaret Green (7 March 1925 – 4 December 2003) was a British figurative painter. Biography Green was born in West Hartlepool; her father worked at a steel plant, and was also a member of the local art club. From 1944 she studied at West Hart ...

, painter

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Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk {{Suffolk-geo-stub