Oulton, Suffolk

Oulton or Oldton[1] is a suburb of Lowestoft and civil parish 38 miles (61 km) north east of Ipswich,[2] in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 4060.[3] The parish touches Blundeston, Burgh St Peter, Carlton Colville, Corton, Flixton, Lowestoft and Oulton Broad.[4] Oulton is in the UK Parliamentary Constituency of Waveney.[5]

Oulton
Church of St Michael
Oulton Location within Suffolk
Area	6.97 km^2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population	4,060 (2011 census)
• Density	582/km^2 (1,510/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM5294
Civil parish	Oulton
District	East Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Waveney

On 1 April 1904 Oulton Broad became a separate parish and on 1 April 1934 part of Oulton was transferred to Lowestoft.[6]

Name

The name "Oulton" means Ali's farm/settlement' or 'old farm/settlement'.[7]

Landmarks

There are six listed buildings in Oulton.[8] The parish church in Oulton is dedicated to St Michael.[9]

In September 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery at Oulton of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery with 17 cremations and 191 burials dating back to the 7th century, comparable to the date of Sutton Hoo to the south. The graves contained the remains of men, women and children, as well as artefacts including small iron knives and silver pennies, wrist clasps, strings of amber and glass beads. According to Andrew Peachey, who carried out the excavations, the skeletons had mostly vanished because of the highly acidic soil. They, fortunately, were preserved as brittle shapes and “sand silhouettes” in the sand.[10][11]

References

1. "Oulton". GENUKI. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
2. "Distance from Oulton [52.489762, 1.709852]". GENUKI. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
3. "Oulton". City Population. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
4. "Oulton". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
5. "Home". Oulton Parish Council. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
6. "Relationships and changes Oulton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
7. "Oulton Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
8. "Listed Buildings in Oulton, Waveney, Suffolk". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
9. "St Michael, Oulton". Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
10. "Oulton burial site: Sutton Hoo-era Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered". BBC News. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
11. Fox, Alex. "This Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Is Filled With Corpses' Ghostly Silhouettes". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-23.