Framlingham
Framlingham | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | WOODBRIDGE | |
Postcode district | IP13 | |
Dialling code | 01728 | |
Police | Suffolk | |
Fire | Suffolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Framlingham is a
Governance
An electoral ward of the same name exists. The parish stretches north-east to Brundish with a total ward population taken at the 2011 census of 4,744.[3]
Features
Framlingham's history can be traced to an entry in the Domesday Book (1086) when it consisted of several manors.
The medieval
The
Framlingham has a football team, located in Badingham Road. The town has the two oldest-functioning Post Office pillar boxes in the UK, dating from 1856, located on Double Street and on College Road.[4] The pillar boxes are marked V. R. Victoria Regina, after Queen Victoria.
Framlingham is also home to one of the smallest houses in Britain, the "Check House". Converted into a two-storey residence of under 29 square metres (310 sq ft), the former bookmaker's office[5] is in the Mauldens Mill Estate in the town centre. The ground floor measures 20 feet (6.1 m) by 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m).[5]
There is a traditional English market in the town square, Market Hill, every Tuesday and Saturday mornings offering fruit and vegetables, artisan bread and cakes, fresh fish, coffee, cheese and pies and other occasional stalls. A small museum is located within the castle.
Framlingham is surrounded by agricultural land. It lies some 14 miles (23 km) from the coastal town of
In 2006, Country Life magazine voted Framlingham the best place to live in the country.[6]
Framlingham is a free trade town and has a
A famous family-orientated sausage festival is held in October. This event has butchers from Framlingham and the surrounding villages competing for the trophy of best sausage in the area. The town is closed to traffic on the day and people follow a map around the town sampling the different flavoured sausages and voting for their favourite. There are also market stalls and entertainment held on Market Hill on the day. Other festivals and events are held in the town and around the castle throughout the year.
Education
Framlingham College is an independent, co-educational secondary school for boarders and day students, opened as Albert Memorial College in 1865 in memory of
Thomas Mills High School, dating from 1751, is considerably older than Framlingham College. It is a mixed secondary state school for pupils aged 11–18, which gained academy status in 2011.[8] The singer Ed Sheeran attended this school.
Framlingham's primary school is Sir Robert Hitcham's Church of England Voluntary Primary School, dating back to at least 1654. It now has circa 350 pupils and another 26 in its nursery.[9]
Transport
The
The town is at the junction of the
Sport and leisure
Framlingham has a non-League football club, Framlingham Town F.C., which plays at Badingham Road, where there is also a sports club offering tennis, archery, badminton, hockey and croquet, and where the cycling club meets. The town has a rambling club and an active Scout and Cubs group. The modern St John Ambulance Centre is in Fairfield Road.
Framlingham College, an independent school, has a swimming pool and gymnasium open to the public in pre-booked slots. Membership fees are required.
There are four pubs in the town: The Castle Inn (which was portrayed as the "Two Brewers" in the Detectorists TV series), The Railway, The Station and The Crown (which is also a restaurant and hotel). There is a library, a post office, a pharmacy, a small supermarket and a selection of specialised shops and coffee shops.
The town attracts a number of tourists, particularly in the summer months, drawn to the town itself, the castle, St Michael's Church, the locations for the Detectorists TV series, and walks that are available in and around the town and in the local countryside.
Notable people
In order of birth:
- John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk kept the castle as his East Anglian headquarters.
- Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443–1524), who held office under four kings, died at Framlingham Castle.
- Thomas Howard (1473–1554), third Duke of Norfolk, is buried in the church of St Michael in Framlingham. His tomb chest is surmounted with effigies of the Duke and his first wife, Anne Plantagenet, with standing figures of fourteen saints and apostles on the sides.
- Henry Howard (1517–47), courtesy Earl of Surrey, son of the third Duke of Norfolk, is also buried at St. Michael's, with a tomb chest probably by the same team that created the third Duke's, but lacking any effigies
- Sir Robert Hitcham (c. 1572–1636), was a member of Parliament, attorney general and philanthropist, who bought Framlingham Castle in 1635.
- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, KG (1584–1640), politician, owned Framlingham Castle until 1635.
- Thomas Danforth, a Massachusetts Bay Colony magistrate and landowner born in 1623 in Framlingham, son of Nicholas
- Samuel Danforth, poet, Puritan and evangelist to American Indians, born in 1626 in Framlingham, son of Nicholas
- Nicholas Revett, architect and theorist, born in Framlingham in 1720
- Alethea Lewis (1749–1787), the novelist, brought up by her maternal grandfather in Framlingham
- Edmund Goodwyn (1756–1832), physician born in Framlingham, who discovered the diving reflex[11]
- Robert Hindes Groome (1810–1889), composer, author and cleric, born in Framlingham
- Henry Thompson (1820–1894), polymath and surgeon who operated on the Belgian royal family, born in Framlingham
- John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831–1901), writer and lawyer, born in Framlingham[12]
- Samuel Cornell Plant (1866–1921), master mariner and Senior Inspector, Upper Yangtze River[13]
- Francis Stocks (1873–1929), county cricketer, died in Framlingham
- Frederick Bird (1875–1965), county cricketer and cleric, born in Framlingham
- Michael Lord (born 1938), deputy speaker and MP for the town, took the title Baron Framlingham rather than "Lord Lord" on becoming a life peer.
- Cambridge University's extramural programme, is a prolific author on ancient, Christianand early medieval history.
- Alice Russell (born 1976), soul singer, grew up in Framlingham.
- Christina Johnston (born 1989), classical coloratura soprano, grew up in Framlingham and attended Framlingham College.
- Laura Wright (born 1990), classical/popular crossover soprano, grew up in Framlingham.
- Castle on the Hill".
See also
- Second World Warbomber airfield near Framlingham
- Quay House
References
- ^ City Population site. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Town population 2011". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "A short introduction to the history of the British Pillar Box". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald16 March 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011
- ^ "Fram named nation's best place to live". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ EduBase2 Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ School site Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ School site: Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Suffolk on Board. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- PMID 28495845.
- ^ East Anglia's History... Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ What's the link between these girls and a hardly-known Suffolk 'hero' honoured by China?, East Anglian Daily Times, 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
External links
- The Framlingham website
- Framlingham.com
- Framlingham: Local History
- The History of Framlingham, in the County of Suffolk: Including Brief Notices of the Masters and Fellows of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, from the Foundation of the College, to the Present Time, Robert Hawes & Robert Loder, published 1798
- The History, Topography, and Antiquities of Framlingham and Saxsted, in the County of Suffolk, R. Green, published 1834