Suffolk
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Region:	East of England
Area: - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 8th 3,801 km² Ranked 7th
Admin HQ:	Ipswich
ISO 3166-2:	GB-SFK
ONS code:	42
NUTS 3:	UKH14
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. Council	Ranked 32nd 692,100 182 / km² Ranked 13th
Ethnicity:	97.2% White
Politics
Suffolk County Council http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/
Executive:	Conservative
Members of Parliament
Bob Blizzard, John Gummer, Michael Lord, Chris Mole, David Ruffley, Richard Spring, Tim Yeo
Districts
Ipswich Suffolk Coastal Waveney Mid Suffolk Babergh St Edmundsbury Forest Heath

Suffolk (pronounced /sʌfək/) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich, at 52°03′22″N, 1°08′59″E and other important towns include Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds. Felixstowe is one of the largest container ports in Europe. map of admin county File links The following pages link to this file: Suffolk Categories: GFDL images ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of English administrative division used for the purposes of local government. ... The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... 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See also: List of Administrative shire counties of... This is a list of non-metropolitan counties of England by population. ... Image File history File links Suffolk-coa. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Robert John Bob Blizzard (born May 31, 1951, Suffolk) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Waveney. ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... Sir Michael Nicholson Lord (born October 17, 1938, Manchester) is a British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Suffolk Central and Ipswich North. ... Chris Mole Christopher David Mole (born March 16, 1958, Bromley) is the current member of Parliament for Ipswich in east England, and a member of the ruling Labour Party. ... David Laurie Ruffley (born 18 April 1962, Bolton) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Image:Richard Spring. ... Tim Yeo Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo (born March 20, 1945) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for South Suffolk. ... Suffolk districts File links The following pages link to this file: Suffolk User:Morwen/Allnumbered Categories: GFDL images ... Ipswich is a local government borough in Suffolk, England. ... Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney. ... Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Babergh is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... St Edmundsbury is a borough in Suffolk, England. ... Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ... A shire county or non-metropolitan county in England, is a county level entity which is not a metropolitan county. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... 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... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... A county town is the capital of a county in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Lowestoft (pronouned IPA: /loÊŠs tÉ”ft, -tÉ’ft, -tÉ™f/) is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea. ... Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ... For the Aircraft manufacturer, see Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe Felixstowe is a North Sea seaport in Suffolk, England. ... Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ...

The county is low-lying with few hills, and is largely wetland habitat and arable land with the wetlands of The Broads in the North, and the Suffolk Coast and Heaths is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... It has been suggested that Norfolk_Broads be merged into this article or section. ... Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk, England. ... An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside with significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government. ...

History

Main article: History of Suffolk

Suffolk was part of the kingdom of East Anglia which was settled by the Angles in the 5th century. This article describes the History of Suffolk Historical Setting Anglo-Saxon control The county of Suffolk (Sudfole, Suthfolc) was formed from the south part of the kingdom of East Anglia which had been settled by the Angles in the latter half of the 5th century. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... White cliffs of Dover in England White cliffs of Rugen down the Baltic coast from Schleswig The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestor of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig, Germany. ...

Suffolk was divided into separate Quarter Sessions divisions. These were originally four in number, reduced to two in 1860: the eastern division being administered from Ipswich and the western from Bury St Edmunds. The two divisions were made separate administrative counties as East Suffolk and West Suffolk under the Local Government Act 1888, with Ipswich becoming a county borough. The Courts of Quarter Sessions or Quarter Sessions were periodic courts held in each county and county borough in England and Wales until 1972, when together with the Assize courts they were abolished by the Courts Act 1971 and replaced by a single permanent Crown Court of England and Wales. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ... Categories: Stub | Suffolk ... West Suffolk was created along with East Suffolk in 1888 as an administrative county of England in its own right. ... The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ...

Under the Local Government Act 1972, East Suffolk, West Suffolk and Ipswich were merged to form a unified county of Suffolk on April 1, 1974. This was divided into several local government districts: Babergh, Forest Heath, Ipswich, Mid Suffolk, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney. This also saw a further part of land near Great Yarmouth become part of Norfolk. As introduced into Parliament, the Local Government Bill would have included Newmarket and Haverhill into Cambridgeshire, with it being compensated by the inclusion of Colchester from Essex: these proposals were ultimately decided against. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... Babergh is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ... Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ... Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney. ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ... Newmarket is a market town in the English county of Suffolk,approximately 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of London, which has grown and become famous because of its connection with race horses and Thoroughbred horse racing at Newmarket Racecourse. ... Haverhill is an industrial market town in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders with Essex and Cambridgeshire. ... Colchester is a town and is the main settlement of the Essex borough of Colchester in the East of England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ...

The Department for Communities and Local Government is currently considering whether Ipswich Borough Council should become a new unitary authority.^[1][2] The Department for Communities and Local Government is a United Kingdom government department. ... Timber framed buildings in St Nicholas Street The Ancient House is decorated with a particularly fine example of pargeting Ipswich (pronounced ) is the county town of Suffolk and a non-metropolitan district in East Anglia, England on the estuary of the River Orwell. ...

West Suffolk is, like nearby East Cambridgeshire, renowned for archaeological findings from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Bronze Age artefacts have been found in the area between Mildenhall and West Row, in Eriswell and in Lakenheath^[3]. Many bronze objects, such as swords, spear-heads, arrows, axes, palstaves, knives, daggers, rapiers, armour, decorative equipment (in particular for horses) and fragments of sheet bronze, are entrusted to the Moyse's Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds. Other finds include traces of cremations and barrows. East Cambridgeshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek: αρχαίος, archae, ancient; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Stone Age fishing hook. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Mildenhall is a small market town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. ... Eriswell is a civil parish of Forest Heath in Suffolk. ... Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, United Kingdom. ... Axe For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation). ... Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ... The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ... A tumulus (plural tumuli or tumuluses, from the Latin word for mound or small hill) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. ...

Economy

The majority of agriculture in Suffolk is either arable or mixed. Farm sizes vary from anything around 80 acres to over 8,000. Soil types vary from heavy clays through to light sands. Crops grown include winter wheat, winter barley, sugar beet, oil seed rape, winter and spring beans and linseed, although smaller areas of rye and oats can be found in lighter areas along with a variety of vegetables.

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Suffolk at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

See also: Companies based in Suffolk

Geology, landscape and ecology

Much of Suffolk is low-lying on Eocene sand and clays. These rocks are relatively unresistant and on the coast are eroded rapidly. Coastal defences have been used to protect several towns, but several cliff-top houses have been lost to coastal erosion in the past. hfajhfiudshfas == == == --24. ... Patterns in the sand Sand is a granular material made up of fine rock particles. ... The Gay Head cliffs in Marthas Vineyard are made almost entirely of clay. ... Resistance can mean one of: electrical resistance antibiotic resistance resistance to a disease (see related subject immunology) a political resistance movement military resistance against foreign occupation geological resistance fluid resistance thermal resistance This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. For erosion as an operation of Mathematical morphology, see Erosion (morphology) Erosion is displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) by the agents of ocean currents, wind, water, or ice by downward or down-slope movement... Coastal defenses are objects and engineering techniques used to defend coasts against erosion and flooding. ...

The west of the county lies on more resistant Cretaceous Chalk. This chalk is the north-eastern extreme of the Southern England Chalk Formation that stretches from Dorset in the south west to Dover in the south east. The Chalk is less easily eroded so forms the only significant hills in the county. The highest point of the county is Great Wood Hill, the highest point of the Newmarket Ridge, near the village of Rede which reaches 128 m (420 ft). The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i. ... The Needles,situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ... In this geological map of Great Britain the Chalk is labled 6 The Chalk Formation of Southern England is a system of chalk downland in the south of England. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Arms of Dover Borough Council This article is about the English port/town. ... At 127 m, Great Wood Hill is the highest point in the Newmarket Ridge and Suffolk. ... The Newmarket Ridge is a ridge of low chalk hills extending for over 20 miles, from Bishops Stortford in Essex to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, passing through the south-eastern corner of Cambridgeshire. ... metre or meter, see meter (disambiguation) The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

Demographics

The Census 2001 Suffolk recorded a population of 668,548. Between 1981 and 2001 the population of the county grew by 13%, with the district of Mid Suffolk growing fastest at 25%. The population growth is due largely to migration rather than natural increase. There is a very low population between the ages of 15 and 29 as the county has few large towns and institutions of higher education, though the 15-to-29 population in Ipswich is average. There is a larger population over the age of 35, and a larger than average retired population. UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... mtDNA-based chart of large human migrations. ...

Most English counties have nicknames for people from that county, such as a Tyke from Yorkshire and a Yellowbelly from Lincolnshire; the traditional nickname for people from Suffolk is 'Suffolk Fair-Maids', or 'Silly Suffolk', referring respectively to the supposed beauty of its female inhabitants in the Middle Ages, and to the long history of Christianity in the county and its many fine churches (from Anglo-Saxon selige, originally meaning holy). Tyke can refer to: A Mixed-breed dog The Yorkshire dialect or a Yorkshireman A child The rapper or hip-hop musician name Tyke This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term Yellowbelly might refer to: A Yellowbelly (Lincolnshire) Yellowbelly (band), Texas The golden perch, an Australian fish, also called callop The Yellowbelly Rockcod — a fish (Notothenia coriiceps) The Yellowbelly Slider — an aquatic turtle found in the south-eastern United States The Eastern Yellowbelly Racer — a snake (Coluber constrictor flaviventris... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ...

Cities, towns and villages

The agreed-upon number of established communities in Suffolk varies greatly because of the large number of the all but non-existent hamlets which may consist of just a single farm and a deconsecrated church: remnants of wealthy communities, some dating back to the early days of the Christian era. Suffolk encompasses one of the most ancient regions of the UK: A monastery in Bury St. Edmunds founded in 630AD, plotting of Magna Carta in 1215; the oldest documented structural element of a still inhabited dwelling in Britain found in Clare. Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ... Magna Carta Magna Carta (Latin for Great Charter, literally Great Paper), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Great Charter of Freedoms), is an English charter originally issued in 1215. ... Map sources for Clare at grid reference TL7645 Machinery at the disused railway station at Clare Clare is the name of a small town on the north bank of the River Stour in Suffolk, England. ...

This comparatively recent evidence is but a coda to the widespread settlement in the region shown by earlier archaeological evidence of Mesolithic man as far back as c.7000BC, (Grimes Graves, Norfolk - a 5000 y/o flint mine) with Roman settlements Lakenheath, Long Melford, later Bronze and Saxon settlements. Sutton Hoo: burial ground of the Anglo-Saxon pagan kings of East Anglia. View of a seam of Flint in the Grimes Graves excavation. ... Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, United Kingdom. ... The church of the Holy Trinity Long Melford (or Melford, as it is more generally known) is a large, ancient village in the county of Suffolk, England, on the border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, approximately 20 miles from Colchester and 20 miles from Bury St. ... Sutton Hoo pceremonial helmet (British Museum, restored). ...

For a full list of settlements see the List of places in Suffolk.

This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England. ...

Notable people from Suffolk

See also: People from Suffolk

• Robert Bloomfield Poet
• Ronald Blythe
• Benjamin Britten
• Colin Ward
• Brian Cant
• John Constable
• David Copperfield
• Bernie Ecclestone
• St Edmund
• Kieron Dyer
• Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett leader of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
• Ralph Fiennes
• Dani Filth
• Robert FitzRoy
• Thomas Gainsborough
• Bishop Herbert de Losinga
• Matthew Hopkins The Witchfinder General
• Bob Hoskins
• John Lydgate Author , Poet and Benedictine Monk
• John Peel DJ , Talent spotter , Record Collector
• Louise Rame Known as Ouida Author
• Sue Ryder (originally from Yorkshire)
• Thomas Seckford
• Charlie Simpson from Fightstar
• Matthew Upson from Hartismere, Suffolk
• Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
• Ian Wright

Robert Bloomfield (December 3, 1766 - August 19, 1823), was an English poet. ... Ronald Blythe (b. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Colin Ward (1924-) was an editor of the British anarchist newspaper Freedom from 1947 to 1960, and the founder and editor of the monthly libertarian journal Anarchy from 1961 to 1970. ... Brian Cant (Born 12 July 1933 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England) is an actor, television presenter and writer. ... A self portrait by John Constable John Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. ... David Copperfield is a quasi-autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens. ... Bernard Charles Bernie Ecclestone (born October 29, 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. ... Edmund the Martyr (circa 840 - November 20, 870) was a King of East Anglia. ... Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978 in Ipswich) is an English footballer currently playing for Newcastle United . ... Millicent Fawcett Dame Millicent Fawcett GBE (June 11, 1847 – August 5, 1929) was a British suffragist (as opposed to a suffragette, who were usually militantly violent) and an early feminist. ... Ralph Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England), is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated English actor. ... Dani Filth is the lyricist, vocalist and original member of the British heavy metal band Cradle of Filth. ... Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle and as a pioneering meteorologist who made accurate weather forecasting a reality, also proving an able surveyor and hydrographer as well as Governor-General of New Zealand. ... Thomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. ... Bishop Herbert de Losinga was the first Bishop of Norwich. ... Witches disclose their familiar spirits to Matthew Hopkins. ... Robert William Bob Hoskins Jr. ... John Lydgate (1370?-1451?); Monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England. ... “Peel Sessions” redirects here. ... Margaret Susan Ryder (July 3, 1923 - November 2, 2000), later Baroness Ryder, was a British peer who worked with Special Operations Executive in the World War II and afterwards led many charitable organizations, notably the Sue Ryder charity named after her. ... Thomas Seckford (1515-1587), born near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. ... Charlie Robert Simpson (born 7 June 1985 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England), was the youngest member of the highly successful Pop group Busted, and is now the vocalist and guitarist in Post Hardcore band Fightstar. ... Matthew James Upson, (born 18 April 1979 in Hartismere, Suffolk), is an English football player who currently plays for West Ham United. ... Hartismere was a hundred of Suffolk, that later gave its name to a poor law union, a rural sanitary district, and the Hartismere Rural District. ... Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, (c. ... Ian Wright (born May 17, 1965, Suffolk, England) is a host of Pilot Productions travel/adventure television series Globe Trekker (originally broadcast as Lonely Planet in the United States). ...

Education

Independent schools in Suffolk include:

• Culford School
• Framlingham College
• Ipswich School
• Ipswich High School
• Woodbridge School
• Royal Hospital School

State middle and secondary schools include: Culford School Culford School is a coeducational public school, in Culford, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. ... Framlingham College Framlingham College is an independent boarding school in England. ... Ipswich School is a private day and boarding school in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, serving pupils of both sexes from two to eighteen years of age. ... Ipswich High School is a girls independent school, located near the town of Ipswich, England. ... Woodbridge School is a public school (i. ... The Royal Hospital School is a co-educational independent boarding school which takes pupils from age 11 to 18 (years 7 to 13). ...

• Bacton Middle School
• Benjamin Britten High School
• Bungay High School
• Copleston High School
• Deben High School
• Debenham High School
• Denes High School
• Farlingaye High School
• Great Cornard Upper School
• Hadleigh High School
• Hartismere High School
• Kesgrave High School
• Kirkley High School
• Northgate High School
• Orwell High School
• Sir John Leman High School
• St. Alban's Catholic High School, Ipswich
• Stowmarket High School
• Stowupland High School
• Sudbury Upper School
• Thurston Community College (upper school)
• Hartismere High School
• Thomas Mills High School
• Samual Ward High School

There are also numerous primary schools and, unusually, Middle Schools as Suffolk is one of the few counties with a 3-tier school system in places. However, a 2006 Suffolk County Council study has concluded that Suffolk should move to the 2-tier school system used in the majority of the UK. ^[8] Great Cornard Upper School is a 13 - 18 upper school in the town of Great Cornard, located near the town of Sudbury, Suffolk in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir John Leman High School is a mixed-sex, 13-18 comprehensive school serving part of the Waveney region in north Suffolk, England. ... The entrance to the school. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ...

Trivia

The Rendlesham Forest Incident is the name given to a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights and objects in the sky, and the alleged landing of an extraterrestrial spacecraft, in December 1980, in the vicinity of Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England. The Rendlesham Forest Incident is the most famous UFO event to have happened in Britain, and now believed in the world. ...

A tv-serie about a British antiques dealer Lovejoy was filmed in various locations of Suffolk [1]. There are other articles with similar names; see Lovejoy (disambiguation). ...

See also

• List of places of interest in Suffolk

This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England. ...

References

External links

• Suffolk Observatory - Suffolk's Vital Statistics
• Promoting Suffolk
• Tourism in Suffolk
• Suffolk County Council
• BBC Suffolk
• 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica: Suffolk
• Visit Suffolk Coast
• Suffolk Churches
• Photos of Suffolk's agriculture
• Suffolk local search
• Pronunciation of Suffolk place names

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Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... coat of Arms of Kent For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... 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A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced //, //, or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ...

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Bedfordshire • Berkshire • Buckinghamshire • Cambridgeshire • Cheshire • Cornwall • Cumberland • Derbyshire • Devon • Dorset • Durham • Essex • Gloucestershire • Hampshire • Herefordshire • Hertfordshire • Huntingdonshire • Kent • Lancashire • Leicestershire • Lincolnshire • Middlesex • Monmouthshire • Norfolk • Northamptonshire • Northumberland • Nottinghamshire • Oxfordshire • Rutland • Shropshire • Somerset • Staffordshire • Suffolk • Surrey • Sussex • Warwickshire • Westmorland • Wiltshire • Worcestershire • Yorkshire Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... coat of Arms of Kent For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... The Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and was the second smallest (after Rutland). ... Monmouthshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, covering south-east Wales. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Oakham Castle Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Should not be confused with Surry. ... Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced //, //, or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland) is an area of north west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...