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Barsham Holy Trinity

Barsham (grid reference TM395899) is a village and civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England, with a population of 218 (2001 census). It is about two miles west of Beccles, and is on the edge of The Broads. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... Map sources for Beccles at grid reference TM4290 Beccles is a market town in Suffolk within The Broads National Park. ... It has been suggested that Norfolk_Broads be merged into this article or section. ...


Barsham Holy Trinity is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. Horatio Nelson's mother Catherine Suckling was born in the former Rectory on May 9, 1725. She was always with him, despite her death when he was just nine years old - "The thought of former days brings all my mother to my heart, which shows itself in my eyes," he later recorded. The house is near the Beccles-Bungay Road, close to the church, which has a stained glass window commemorating Trafalgar St Peters church, Bruisyard, Suffolk Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...


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  • Website with photos of Barsham Holy Trinity, a round-tower church

Coordinates: 52.45450° N 1.52353° E St Peters church, Bruisyard, Suffolk Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Barsham (1555 words)
The church guide quotes a letter the 19 year-old Comper wrote to his mother from Barsham rectory on Good Friday 1883: Dearest Mother mine, it is a lovely place - a sweet rectory in the midst of splendid trees and the little church almost touching the house.
There are a number of Suffolk churches where a dynasty of vicars has handed the living down through the generations.
They were particularly associated with the extreme High Church social action movement of the late 19th century, being good friends of Father McKonochie, one of a number of Anglican priests shamefully prosecuted and imprisoned by the Church of England for 'popish practices'.
Suffolk - definition of Suffolk in Encyclopedia (419 words)
Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large, low-lying county in East Anglia in eastern England.
From 1889 to 1974, Suffolk was split into two administrative counties, East Suffolk and West Suffolk, with East Suffolk's council based in Ipswich, and West Suffolk's in Bury St Edmunds.
Suffolk encompasses one of the most ancient regions of the UK: A monastery in Bury St. Edmunds founded in 630AD, plotting of the Magna Carta in 1215; the oldest documented structural element of a still inhabited dwelling in Britain found in Clare.
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