Spexhall is a village and
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 north-east of the
English county
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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 ...
. The village, which is dispersed in nature, is around north of the market town of
Halesworth
Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tribut ...
and south of
Bungay in the
East Suffolk district. It has few basic services, including a village hall and a parish church, which was originally built as a cell of
Rumburgh Priory. The
A144 road runs through the parish following the route of the Roman Stone Street. The population in 2011 was 192.
This description of Spexhall was written in the late nineteenth century:
:SPEXHALL, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 2 miles NNW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,484. Real property, £2,311. Pop., 181. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £277.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. Charities, £15.
References
External links
St Peter, SpexhallSuffolk Churches
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Blything Hundred
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