Aldham, Suffolk

Aldham
Aldham
	; Aldham St Mary church
	Aldham Location within Suffolk
Population	175 (2011)
OS grid reference	TM0445
District	Babergh;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP7
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Suffolk 52°04′N 0°58′E / 52.06°N 00.97°ECoordinates: 52°04′N 0°58′E / 52.06°N 00.97°E

Aldham is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around 8 miles (13 km) west of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 200, reducing to 175 at the 2011 Census.

History[]

According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Ealda's meadow/enclosure or old meadow/enclosure.^[2] The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, situated in the ancient hundred of Cosford, at which time it had a population of 16 households.^[3]

In 1555, Aldham Common was the location for the martyrdom of Dr Rowland Taylor, the rector of Hadleigh, during the Marian Persecutions of Protestants. An unhewn stone, probably dating from the early 17th century, marks the place of Taylor's death, located where the B1070 Lady Lane meets the A1071 Ipswich Road. Next to the stone is a pyramidal stone monument erected in 1818 and restored by parishioners in 1882.^[4]^[5] It is a Grade II listed building.^[6]

The church of Aldham St Mary is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. It appears in the second series of the BBC Four television series Detectorists.^[7]

Demography[]

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Aldham had a population of 200,^[8] reducing to 175 at the 2011 Census.

Population change[]

Population growth in Aldham from 1801 to 1891
Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1881	1891
Population	197	251	292	318	293	307	238	228
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time^[9]

Population growth in Aldham from 1901 to 2001
Year	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	2001
Population	238	207	186	186	163	126	200
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time^[9]

Location grid[]

References[]

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ Ekwall, E. (1940) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 5
^ "Open Domesday: Aldham, Suffolk". Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ "Rowland Taylor (1555)". ukwells.org/. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ & Historic Sites and Other Remarkable and Interesting Places in the County of Suffolk, by John Wodderspoon, 1839, pp. 47–58
^ Historic England, "Monument to Dr. Rowland Taylor (1351660)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 December 2018
^ Webb C, Where to find Mackenzie Crook's Detectorists in Suffolk, Radio Times. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
^ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

External links[]

St Mary, Aldham Suffolk Churches
St Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches website
Aldham in the Domesday Book

[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 September 2015.

[2] Ekwall, E. (1940) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 5

[3] "Open Domesday: Aldham, Suffolk". Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[4] "Rowland Taylor (1555)". ukwells.org/. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[5] & Historic Sites and Other Remarkable and Interesting Places in the County of Suffolk, by John Wodderspoon, 1839, pp. 47–58

[NHLE-6] Historic England, "Monument to Dr. Rowland Taylor (1351660)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 December 2018

[rt-7] Webb C, Where to find Mackenzie Crook's Detectorists in Suffolk, Radio Times. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

[8] "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

[usual_resident_population-9] "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

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Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St. Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Naughton Nayland Nedging Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Colchester Green Coles Green Cook's Green Cornard Tye Cross Green (Cockfield) Cross Green (Hartest) Cross Green (Hitcham) Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Erwarton Fenstead End Fern Hill Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hartest Hill Hart's Green The Heath Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mile End Mill Green Mill Hill Mill Street Nedging Tye Newman's Green Oldhall Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Slough Hill Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street The Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse Thorington Street Thorpe Green Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Windsor Green Withermarsh Green The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

Aldham
Aldham St Mary church
Aldham Location within Suffolk
Population	175 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TM0445
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP7

Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England


List of places UK England Suffolk 52°04′N 0°58′E / 52.06°N 00.97°E / 52.06; 00.97Coordinates: 52°04′N 0°58′E / 52.06°N 00.97°E / 52.06; 00.97