Walsham le Willows explained

Official Name:Walsham le Willows
Static Image:UK WalshamLeWillows.jpg
Static Image Caption:Village sign of Walsham le Willows
Civil Parish:Walsham-le-Willows
Country:England
Region:East of England
Os Grid Reference:TM004713
Coordinates:52.303°N 0.938°W
Population:1,213
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Post Town:BURY ST EDMUNDS
Postcode Area:IP
Postcode District:IP31
Dial Code:01359
Shire County:Suffolk
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Walsham le Willows is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, located around 3 miles (4 km) south-east of Stanton. Queen Elizabeth I granted Walsham le Willows to Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, in 1559. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1213.

Because the village is documented unusually fully in surviving records of the time, the Cambridge historian John Hatcher chose to use it as the setting for his semi-fictionalised account of the effects of the mid-14th century plague epidemic in England, The Black Death: A Personal History (2008).[2]

Sacrifice Pole

Dating from ancient time, a wooden beam has been stored in buildings around the village. Each year, at the start of February, around the time of Imbolc the wood is moved to a new building. The name Sacrifice Pole may relate to the era of plague but, equally, may not.

Sport and leisure

Walsham le Willows has a Non-League football club Walsham-le-Willows F.C. currently in the Eastern Counties League who play at Sumner Road.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 29 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statristics.
  2. Book: Hatcher, John . The Black Death: A Personal History . 2008 . Da Capo . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 978-0-306-81571-3 . 1 . registration .