Country: | England |
Official Name: | Somerton |
Coordinates: | 52.145°N 0.6462°W |
Population: | 212 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Shire District: | Babergh |
Shire County: | Suffolk |
Region: | East of England |
Post Town: | Bury St Edmunds |
Postcode District: | IP29 |
Postcode Area: | IP |
Static Image: | St Margaret Somerton - geograph.org.uk - 1089123.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 240px |
Static Image Caption: | St Margaret's Somerton |
Somerton is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England.
Somerton is split into two smaller villages: Upper Somerton[2] with a population of approximately 50 and Somerton with a population of about 20. Upper Somerton is at the top of one valley and has St. Margaret's Church, a phone box and post box. Somerton is at the bottom of the same valley and has only a post box.
The villages comprise rural houses and farms with some council houses. Its nearest villages are Hartest, Brockley and Hawkedon. There was once quite the rivalry between Hartest and Somerton, and a giant stone found in Somerton was stolen by Hartest and rolled down the valley where it still sits on their village green.
The nearest town is Bury St Edmunds or Sudbury.