Claydon, Suffolk
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Claydon | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | IPSWICH | |
Postcode district | IP6 | |
Police | Suffolk | |
Fire | Suffolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Claydon is a village just north of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. The meaning of the name is "clay-on-the-hill".
The village gives its name to the
Geography
The countryside around Claydon is set among low-lying hills and lies next to the
Amenities
The village has two
At the top of the hill on Church Lane can be found the Church of St Peter, which has been partially restored. It is one of the few pre-Norman churches in Suffolk. The interior contains a wooden fan-vaulted ceiling.
Nearby villages include Barham, Bramford, Great Blakenham and the hamlet of Akenham.
Former fuel storage depot
An Air Force distribution depot was constructed around 1939 by Shell-Mex & BP for the Air Ministry. It received fuel by rail and distributed it by road tanker. In the 1970s two new sites were constructed with modern storage tanks and pump-houses. It was connected to the Government Pipeline and Storage System and supplied RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridge. The wartime site was sold off in the mid 2000s and later demolished. The other two sites are no longer operational.[3]
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Walter Skeat (1913). The Place-names of Suffolk.
- ISBN 9780992855468
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