Great Saxham Explained

Official Name:Great Saxham
Country:England
Region:East of England
Coordinates:52.232°N 0.613°W
Post Town:Bury St Edmunds
Postcode Area:IP
Postcode District:IP29
Shire County:Suffolk
Shire District:West Suffolk
Civil Parish:The Saxhams
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Static Image Caption:St Andrew's Church, Great Saxham

Great Saxham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Saxhams, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.[1] The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Saxham Magna in 1254. Saxham Hall is situated in the village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 189.[2] On 1 April 1988 the parish was merged with Little Saxham to form "The Saxhams".[3]

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  1. Book: Kelly, E. R.. The Post Office Directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk. GREAT SAXHAM. 1875. 905. London. Kelly & Co. https://books.google.com/books?id=wOUNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA905.
  2. Web site: Population Statistics Great Saxham CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain. 30 January 2020.
  3. Web site: The St. Edmundsbury (Parishes) Order 1988. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 30 January 2020. 18 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211218082903/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/12132/st.-edmundsbury-parishes-order-1988.pdf. dead.