Blaxhall
Blaxhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. Located around 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Leiston and Aldeburgh, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220, measured at 194 in the 2011 Census.[1]
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Blaxhall Village Hall | |
Blaxhall Location within Suffolk | |
Population | 194 (2011) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Woodbridge |
Postcode district | IP12 |
The parish council owns Blaxhall Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the south-east of the village.[2] The area is one of the few remaining areas of lowland dry heathland in the Suffolk Sandlings and is managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.[2][3]
The Blaxhall Stone is a large stone located at Stone Farm which, according to local legend, has been constantly increasing in size since it was dug up in the 19th century.[4]
Notable people from Blaxhall
- Thomas Weyland (~1230–1298), lawyer, administrator and landowner who became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under King Edward I.
- John Arnold (?-~1410), Member of Parliament for Ipswich in September 1388, 1394, January 1397, and 1399. Also Coroner and Bailiff of the town and an Alnager.
- Robert Curson (1460-1535), courtier at the court of Henry VIII, and also that of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
- William Bullein (c.1515–1576), physician and cleric.
- Margery Beddingfield (1742–1763), convicted murderer who was burnt in 1763.
- George Ewart Evans (1909–1988), Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist.
References
- Civil Parish population 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- Blaxhall Common Archived February 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- Blaxhall Heath Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- The Blaxhall Stone, Suffolk, England, Megalithia. Retrieved 2014-08-22.