Bentley, Suffolk Explained

Bentley, Suffolk should not be confused with Great Bentley.

Official Name:Bentley
Static Image Name:St Mary Bentley (geograph 3680096).jpg
Static Image Caption:St Mary's parish church
Coordinates:51.991°N 1.069°W
Os Grid Reference:TM1136
Population:776
Population Ref:(2011 Census)
Civil Parish:Bentley
Shire District:Babergh
Area Total Km2:10.89
Shire County:Suffolk
Region:East of England
Country:England
Post Town:Ipswich
Postcode Area:IP
Postcode District:IP9
Dial Code:01473
Website:Bentley Village in Suffolk
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Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, about 6miles southwest of Ipswich. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 776.[1]

Bentley has a Church of England parish church,[2] a Reformed Baptist church,[3] a Church of England primary school,[4] a pub,[5] a Village Hall[6] and a riding school.[7] A community owned village shop opened in the summer of 2016.[8]

Bentley has a parish council.[9] It has also a forum called Bentley Free Speech [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area: Bentley (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics . . . 2 May 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110715/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120604&c=Bentley&d=16&e=62&g=6465522&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1430549248897&enc=1 . dead .
  2. Web site: St Mary Bentley, Bentley . Archbishops' Council . Archbishops' Council . . . 2015 . 2 May 2015.
  3. http://www.bentleyreformedbaptistchurch.com/ Bentley Reformed Baptist Church
  4. Web site: Bentley CEVC Primary School . 2 May 2015 . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308220515/http://www.copdock.suffolk.sch.uk/suffolk/primary/bcps/arenas/website . dead .
  5. http://www.thecasepubbentley.co.uk/ The Case is Altered
  6. http://www.krpa.co.uk/village-hall Bentley Village Hall (Suffolk)
  7. http://www.bentleyridingschool.com/ Bentley Riding School
  8. http://www.bentleystores.co.uk/ Bentley Stores
  9. http://www.bentleypc.onesuffolk.net Bentley Parish Council
  10. Web site: Bentley News . 4 December 2016 . 20 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220044723/http://www.krpa.co.uk/bentley-a-to-z . dead .
  11. Book: Mitchell, Vic . June 2011 . Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh . Midhurst . Middleton Press . Historical Background . 978-1-908174-02-4.
  12. Richard S. Joby. Brassey, Bruff, Locke and the Norwich Extension. Great Eastern Journal. January 2000. 101. 26.
  13. Book: Moffat. Hugh. East Anglia's first railways. 1987. Terence Dalton Limited. Lavenham. 0-86138-038-X. 176–180.
  14. http://bentleyfreespeech.freeforums.org Bentley Free Speech] that comments on matters relating to the parish council and other village issues. There also an alternative news site called Bentley News,[10] which is managed by a local resident.

    The Eastern Union Railway was built through the parish and opened on 15 July 1846. Bentley railway station was about NaNmiles east of the village, and served the area until British Railways closed it in 1966. The station was a junction between 1847 and 1965 for the Hadleigh branch line.[11] The branch line also had a short-lived station called Bentley Church (1847-1853).[12] [13]

    The main line railway is now (2016) known as the Great Eastern Main Line.

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