Helmingham
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Helmingham is a village in Suffolk
, England, 12 miles east of Stowmarket
, and 12 miles north of Ipswich
. It has a population of 170. It retains the same name by which it was recorded in Domesday.
Helmingham Hall - a large red brick quadrangular mansion - dates from the reign of Henry VIII. The ancient family of Tollemache have been seated here from an early period after settling for a while at Bentley soon after the Norman conquest. Lionel Tollemache married the heiress of the Helminghams so acquiring this estate in 15th cent.
In 1900, excavations in the Rectory garden unearthed a cemetery, possibly Roman, containing some 25 graves.
is 500 metres west of this junction.
Its village church of St Mary's was first built as the estate church for the Hall.
The village appears to never had a public house.
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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...
, England, 12 miles east of Stowmarket
Stowmarket
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, and 12 miles north 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...
. It has a population of 170. It retains the same name by which it was recorded in Domesday.
Helmingham Hall - a large red brick quadrangular mansion - dates from the reign of Henry VIII. The ancient family of Tollemache have been seated here from an early period after settling for a while at Bentley soon after the Norman conquest. Lionel Tollemache married the heiress of the Helminghams so acquiring this estate in 15th cent.
In 1900, excavations in the Rectory garden unearthed a cemetery, possibly Roman, containing some 25 graves.
Present day
The village is formed from the meeting of two roads B1077 from the south-west to the north, B1079 from the south-east. Helmingham HallHelmingham Hall
Helmingham Hall is a moated manor house in Helmingham, Suffolk, England. It was begun by John Tollemache in 1480 and has been owned by the Tollemache family ever since. The house is built around a courtyard in typical late medieval/Tudor style....
is 500 metres west of this junction.
Its village church of St Mary's was first built as the estate church for the Hall.
The village appears to never had a public house.
Famous people
The village was the birthplace of Faith Emmeline Backhouse, mother of the war poet John Gillespie Magee, Jr.John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. was an American aviator and poet who died as a result of a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire during World War II. He was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States officially entered the war. He is most famous for his poem "High...
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