Mutford

Coordinates: 52°26′13″N 1°39′18″E / 52.437°N 1.655°E / 52.437; 1.655
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Mutford
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBeccles
Postcode districtNR34
Dialling code01502
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°26′13″N 1°39′18″E / 52.437°N 1.655°E / 52.437; 1.655

Mutford is a village and

Half Hundred of Mutford which is named in the Domesday Book.[2]

The parish had a population of 471 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.[1] The A146 Beccles to Lowestoft road runs to north of the parish, cutting through the north-western corner. The Hundred River marks the southern boundary with Henstead with Hulver Street.[1]

Culture and community

The majority of the parish is rural, with the main centre of population centred on an area in the centre of the parish. The post office closed in 2013, with few services remaining beyond a village hall and playing field.

Grade I Listed Building.[9]

Notable people

Sir

Gisborne, New Zealand
from 1967 to 1974.

Notes

  1. Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.[6][8] Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before boundary changes in 1974.[7]

References

  1. ^
    East Suffolk District Council
    , 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  2. ^ a b Mutford, Healthy Suffolk. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  3. ^ Round Tower Churches Map, The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  4. ^ Suffolk Churches, Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  5. ^ Norfolk Round Tower Churches, Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  6. ^ a b Hart S (2019) Round Tower Churches, Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  7. ^ a b Knott S Suffolk churches with round towers, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  8. ^ a b Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  9. ^ Church of St Andrew, Historic England. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  10. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Available online
    (subscription required). Retrieved 2011-04-20.)

External links

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