Little Bealings Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Little Bealings
Static Image:LittleBealingsSign.JPG
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Little Bealings village sign
Coordinates:52.0844°N 1.253°W
Population:420
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Shire District:East Suffolk
Region:East of England
Shire County:Suffolk
Constituency Westminster:Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Post Town:Woodbridge
Postcode Area:IP
Postcode District:IP13
Dial Code:01473
Os Grid Reference:TM229478

Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people[2] living in around 185 households.[3] The population had fallen to 420 at the 2011 Census. Its nearest towns are Ipswich (5.1miles away) and Woodbridge (3.1miles away). Nearby villages include Great Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Martlesham and Grundisburgh.

The village contains a school, a village hall and a meeting room called the Angela Cobbold Memorial Hall. Its pub, the Admiral's Head, closed on 20 July 2012.[4]

Until 1956 the village had an active railway station. This was closed as part of the 1950s rail closure programme,[5] prior to the Beeching Axe. The station is now used as commercial office premises. The railway line running through the station remains active, as part of the Ipswich to Lowestoft line, and crosses the main street at an automatic level crossing.

Little Bealings' church is All Saints, part of a shared benefice with Great Bealings, Playford and Culpho.

The Grove, an old house and estate in the village, was the childhood home of Sidney Colvin, the curator, critic, and great friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 24 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Web site: Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023551/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf . 2008-12-19 .
  3. Web site: Bealings Parish Plan Minutes.
  4. Web site: Admirals Head To Close July 20th. 20 September 2014.
  5. [List of closed railway stations in Britain: B#Be|List of closed railway stations in Britain]