Blaxhall

Blaxhall
Blaxhall
	; Blaxhall Village Hall
	Blaxhall Location within Suffolk
Population	194 (2011)
District	East Suffolk;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Woodbridge
Postcode district	IP12
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Blaxhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. Located around 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Leiston and Aldeburgh, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220, measured at 194 in the 2011 Census.^[1]

The parish council owns Blaxhall Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the south-east of the village.^[2] The area is one of the few remaining areas of lowland dry heathland in the Suffolk Sandlings and is managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.^[2]^[3]

The Blaxhall Stone is a large stone located at Stone Farm which, according to local legend, has been constantly increasing in size since it was dug up in the 19th century.^[4]

Blaxhall is the subject of the historian George Ewart Evans' book Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay. It focuses on 19th century rural life it the village.

Notable people from Blaxhall[]

Thomas Weyland (~1230–1298), lawyer, administrator and landowner who became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under King Edward I.
John Arnold (?-~1410), Member of Parliament for Ipswich in September 1388, 1394, January 1397, and 1399. Also Coroner and Bailiff of the town and an Alnager.
Robert Curson (1460-1535), courtier at the court of Henry VIII, and also that of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
William Bullein (c.1515–1576), physician and cleric.
Margery Beddingfield (1742–1763), convicted murderer who was burnt in 1763.
George Ewart Evans (1909–1988), Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist.

References[]

^ Civil Parish population 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Blaxhall Common Archived February 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
^ Blaxhall Heath Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
^ The Blaxhall Stone, Suffolk, England, Megalithia. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

External links[]

Village website

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[pop11-1] Civil Parish population 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-16.

[swt-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Blaxhall Common Archived February 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-28.

[sssi-3] Blaxhall Heath Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-28.

[4] The Blaxhall Stone, Suffolk, England, Megalithia. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

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Blaxhall
Blaxhall Village Hall
Blaxhall Location within Suffolk
Population	194 (2011)
District	East Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Woodbridge
Postcode district	IP12
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°09′40″N 1°27′36″E / 52.161°N 1.460°E / 52.161; 1.460Coordinates: 52°09′40″N 1°27′36″E / 52.161°N 1.460°E / 52.161; 1.460