Milden

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Milden
Suffolk
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St Peter's Church
Location
Location: 52°4’55"N, 0°51’18"E
Data
Population: 101  (2011[1])
Post town: Ipswich
Postcode: IP7
Local Government
Council: Babergh
Parliamentary
constituency:
South Suffolk

Milden is a small village and parish in the Babergh hundred of Suffolk. It is located around four and half miles from Sudbury.

The parish contains the Milden Thicks Site of Special Scientific Interest and the remains of Milden Castle.

Notable residents

  • William Burkitt, local vicar
  • Simonds d'Ewes, politician
  • Herbert Dowbiggin (1880-1966), policeman and eighth British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon from 1913 to 1937.

References

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