Little Whelnetham
| Little Whelnetham | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Bury St Edmunds | |
| Postcode district | IP30 | |
| Police | Suffolk | |
| Fire | Suffolk | |
| Ambulance | East of England | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Little Whelnetham (well-NEE-thum) (sometimes Little Welnetham
The parish also contains part of the village of
Church
The parish church of
To the east of the church is four-metre structure of flint and rubble, almost certainly part of a circular tower and perhaps part of an earlier church.[4]
Priory
The area was formerly the site of the Priory of the Holy Cross, a monastic priory dedicated to Thomas Becket founded in 1274 and dissolved in 1538, though there is some doubt as to whether it was in Little Whelnetham or Great Whelnetham. A Tudor house in Little Whelnetham, The Crutched Friars, is believed to have been part of the priory and is now a private residence.[5]
Demography
According to the
Population change
| Population growth in Little Whelnetham from 1801 to 1891 | ||||||||||
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| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | ||
| Population | 142 | 127 | 176 | 180 | 206 | 178 | 156 | 174 | ||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[7] | ||||||||||
| Population growth in Little Whelnetham from 1901 to 2001 | |||||||||||
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| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | 2011 | |||
| Population | 138 | 118 | 123 | 137 | 138 | 111 | 184 | 188 | |||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[7] | |||||||||||
Location grid
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References
- ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
- ^ "Civil Pasrish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Explorer 211. Shows the civil parish as "Little Whelnetham" but the village as "Little Welnetham". Village signs all show "Little Whelnetham".
- ^ a b "Little Whelnetham". Suffolk Churches. October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Parish History: Little Whelnetham" (PDF).
- ^ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ a b "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
External links
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