Great Whelnetham is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in the St Edmundsbury

St Edmundsbury (borough)

St Edmundsbury is a local government district and borough in Suffolk, England. It is named after its main town, Bury St Edmunds. The second town in the district is Haverhill....

 district of Suffolk

Suffolk

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 in eastern England

England

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. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 820.

The parish also contains the hamlet of Cocks Green, and the village of Sicklesmere

Sicklesmere

Sicklesmere is a village in Suffolk, England. Located on the A134 around a mile south of Bury St Edmunds, the village is divided between the civil parishes of Little and Great Whelnetham.-History:...

, with which Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe

Beeching Axe

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, the area was served by Welnetham railway station

Welnetham railway station

Welnetham railway station was a station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line serving Great Whelnetham, Little Whelnetham and Sicklesmere in Suffolk.Former Services-External links:*...

 on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line

Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line

The Long Melford–Bury St Edmunds branch line was a railway between Long Melford on the Stour Valley Railway and Bury St Edmunds on the Ipswich to Ely Line. The line opened on 9 August 1865 and closed to passengers on 10 April 1961 and freight on 19 April 1965....

.

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics

Office for National Statistics

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, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, Great Whelnetham had a population of 830 with 349 households.

Population change

Population growth Population growth Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species in a population using "per unit time" for measurement....  in Great Whelnetham from 1801 to 1891
Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1881	1891
Population	222	266	399	422	514	552	440	362
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time

Population growth Population growth Population growth is the change in a population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any species in a population using "per unit time" for measurement....  in Great Whelnetham from 1901 to 2001
Year	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	2001
Population	357	366	359	315	442	444	830
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time

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