Falkenham
Encyclopedia
Falkenham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal
District, in the English
county of Suffolk
. It is located near the village of Kirton
and the towns of Ipswich
and Felixtowe. The parish contains the hamlets of Falkenham Sink and Lower Falkenham. The village has a church called St Ethelbert, Falkenham. For transport there is the A14 road nearby. There is also some marshs called the Falkenham Marshs which are on the River Deben
.
was linked with that of Falkenham.
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Woodbridge. Other towns include Felixstowe.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe,...
District, in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. It is located near the village of Kirton
Kirton, Suffolk
Kirton is a village and a civil parish in Suffolk, England, situated off the A14 road, close to Felixstowe....
and the towns of Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
and Felixtowe. The parish contains the hamlets of Falkenham Sink and Lower Falkenham. The village has a church called St Ethelbert, Falkenham. For transport there is the A14 road nearby. There is also some marshs called the Falkenham Marshs which are on the River Deben
River Deben
The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising in Debenham -to be precise it has two main sources but the others are mostly fields runoff then , passes through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry...
.
History
At the time of the Norman Conquest the manor of WaltonWalton, Suffolk
Walton is a small village in Suffolk, between the rivers Orwell and Deben. It is often confused as being part of Felixstowe, although it is a separate village and is mentioned in the Domesday Book...
was linked with that of Falkenham.