Little Wenham

Little Wenham is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish (where the population is also included) of Wenham Parva (the ancient name for Little Wenham) within Babergh district.

Little Wenham
Church of St Lawrence
Little Wenham Location within Suffolk
Civil parish	Wenham Parva
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Colchester
Postcode district	CO7

The village is home to Wenham Castle, a castellated manor house and one of the oldest houses in England; built by John de Villabus in the 13th century, it was built using some of the first English-made bricks.[1] In later centuries it was the home of the Debenhams, who were notorious for violent and lawless behaviour, but who were so powerful in Suffolk that successive monarchs were forced to rely on their support rather than take any steps to curb them. From the Debenhams it passed to their relations the Brewse (or Brewes) family.[2]

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All Saints, Little Wenham Suffolk Churches
For further details, see E. Martin, 'Little Wenham Hall: a re-interpretation', Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History XXXIX Part 2 (1998), pp. 151-164.

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Babergh
Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St. Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Other settlements	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Ballingdon Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Coles Green Cornard Tye Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Fenstead End Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mill Green Mill Street Naughton Nayland Nedging Nedging Tye Newman's Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse The Heath The Street The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Thorington Street Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Wissington Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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