Uggeshall 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
East Suffolk district, in the county 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, located approximately 6 miles (10 km) south of
Beccles
Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is located along the A145 r ...
and 4 miles (6km) north east 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 ...
close to the
A145. The mid-2005 population estimate for Uggeshall parish was 170, reducing to 145 at the 2011 Census.
[Parish population 2011]
Retrieved 2015-09-25. Sotherton
Sotherton is a dispersed village and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located approximately south of Beccles and north-east of Halesworth. The A145 road passes throug ...
is located just to the south-west,
Wangford to the south-east and
Brampton
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and
Stoven to the north.
The parish church is dedicated to
St Mary
Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto. ...
and is one of only a handful with a thatched tower.
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Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Waveney District
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