Spexhall
| Spexhall | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Spexhall | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM379801 |
| Location: | 52°22’1"N, 1°29’38"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 192 (2011) |
| Post town: | Halesworth |
| Postcode: | IP19 |
| Dialling code: | 01986 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Suffolk Coastal |
Spexhall is a village in the north-east of Suffolk.It is dispersed village, found around a mile and a half north of the market town of Halesworth and seven miles south of Bungay. 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.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Spexhall) |
- St Peter, Spexhall Suffolk Churches
References
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Fullarton & co. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/927490. Retrieved 2014-02-04.