Country: | England |
Official Name: | Denham |
Static Image: | St.Marys Denham - geograph.org.uk - 965562.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Mary's church, Denham |
Coordinates: | 52.222°N 0.571°W |
Population: | 170 |
Population Ref: | [1] 171 (2011)[2] |
Shire District: | West Suffolk |
Shire County: | Suffolk |
Region: | East of England |
Post Town: | Bury St Edmunds |
Postcode District: | IP29 |
Postcode Area: | IP |
Denham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 170,[1] increasing to 171 at the 2011 Census. The parish also includes the hamlet of Denham End, as well as the remains of Denham Castle, a motte-and-bailey structure. The parish council is shared with neighbouring Barrow.
left|180px|thumb|Monument to Edward Lewkenor and his wifeThe mediaeval church of St Mary's was restored in 1846 and is a grade II* listed building. In the chapel is a large canopied table monument to MP Sir Edward Lewkenor and his wife of Denham Hall who both died in 1605 of smallpox.