Somerton, Suffolk

Somerton is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England.

Somerton
St Margaret's Somerton
Somerton Location within Suffolk
Population	212 (2011)[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP29

Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England

Somerton is split into two smaller villages: Upper Somerton with a population of approximately 50 and Somerton with a population of about 20. Upper Somerton is at the top of one valley and has St. Margaret's Church, a phone box and post box. Somerton is at the bottom of the same valley and has only a post box.

The villages comprise rural houses and farms with some council houses. Its nearest villages are Hartest, Brockley and Hawkedon. There was once quite the rivalry between Hartest and Somerton, and a giant stone found in Somerton was stolen by Hartest and rolled down the valley where it still sits on their village green.

The nearest town is Bury St Edmunds or Sudbury.

Notable residents

Elsie Few (1909-1980), artist.
Claude Rogers (1907-1979), painter, art teacher, a founding member of the Euston Road School and President of the London Group of British artists.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.

External links

Media related to Somerton, Suffolk at Wikimedia Commons

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.