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: | Great Saxham Church - geograph.org.uk - 33184.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
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]