Culpho
Culpho | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Ipswich | |
Postcode district | IP6 | |
Dialling code | 01473 | |
Police | Suffolk | |
Fire | Suffolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Culpho (pronounced Cul-fo) is a hamlet and
Culpho's population is less than 100, so the Office for National Statistics includes it in the total for the civil parish of Grundisburgh for the 2011 census.[1] Other neighbouring villages include Great Bealings, Westerfield, and Playford.
Toponym
The earliest known record of the toponym is Culfole in the Domesday Book of 1086, which list the population as 22 households.[2] In 12th-century records it appears as Colfho in 1168, Culfou in 1169 and Culfo in 1175. A pipe roll of 1178 records it as Culfho and an entry in the Book of Fees for 1250 records it as Colvesho. It is derived from Old English, probably meaning "Cūþwulf's hōh" (hōh = "spur of land").[3]
Parish church
The earliest parts of the
The church was restored in 1884. It is a grade II* listed building.[4]
St Botolph's church was granted to the Premonstratensian Leiston Abbey in the 13th century.[5] The parish is now part of a shared benefice with Great Bealings, Little Bealings and Playford.[6]
Thankful village
Culpho is one of the Thankful Villages, the few dozen parishes in England and Wales that suffered no fatalities in the First World War.
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Culpho | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Ekwall 1960, Culpho
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Botolph (Grade II*) (1030504)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ Page 1907, pp. 117–119.
- ^ "Great Bealings & Little Bealings with Playford & Culpho (Benefice)". Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0198691033.
- Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England. Vol. I (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 746–751.
- Page, William, ed. (1907). A History of the County of Suffolk. Victoria County History. Vol. II: Ecclesiastical History, Religious Houses, Political History, Maritime History, Industries, Schools, Sport, Agriculture, Forestry. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 117–119.
- ISBN 0-14-071020-5.
External links
Media related to Culpho at Wikimedia Commons