Rumburgh
| Rumburgh | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Michael & St Felix | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM345814 |
| Location: | 52°22’48"N, 1°26’46"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 327 (2011) |
| Post town: | Halesworth |
| Postcode: | IP19 |
| Dialling code: | 01986 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney |
Rumburgh is a village in Suffolk, three and a half miles north-west of the market town of Halesworth. The population of the parish at the 2011 census 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.[1] The parish borders those of St James South Elmham, All Saints and St Nicholas South Elmham, St Michael South Elmham, Ilketshall St Margaret, Spexhall and Wissett.
History
The village is not mentioned directly in the Domesday Book,[2] but Rumburgh Priory was founded in the parish in about 1065. A Benedictine priory, it was founded as a cell of St Benet's Abbey at Hulme in Norfolk.[3] At the time of the Domesday survey it had 12 monks.[3] The priory was suppressed in 1528 by Cardinal Wolsey and used to provide funds for the building of Cardinal College in Ipswich.[4][5]
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 nave and chancel date from the 15th-century and the south porch from the 16th-century. The church is a Grade I listed building.[5][6]
Other than the church, Rumburgh has a village hall, playing field and a public house, the Rumburgh Buck.[1][7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Rumburgh) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rumburgh, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ↑ Rumburgh in the Domesday Book
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A History of the County of Suffolk - Volume 2 pp 77-79: Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Rumburgh (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Samuel Lewis (ed) (1848) 'Rufford - Runwick' in A Topographical Dictionary of England, pp. 711–716. ({{brithist|51249#s10 Available online] at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-05-02.)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Knott S (2008) St Michael, Rumburgh, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1283749: Church of St Michael and St Felix (Grade I listing)
- ↑ Rumburgh Buck, Suffolk pubs, Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 2021-03-03.