Blyford

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Blyford
Blyford - Church of All Saints.jpg
Church of All Saints, Blyford
Blyford is located in Suffolk
Blyford
Blyford
Location within Suffolk
Population110 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceTM4276
District
  • East Suffolk
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHalesworth
Postcode districtIP19
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°20′06″N 1°33′29″E / 52.335°N 1.558°E / 52.335; 1.558Coordinates: 52°20′06″N 1°33′29″E / 52.335°N 1.558°E / 52.335; 1.558

Blyford (formerly known as Blythford) is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Halesworth and separated from Wenhaston by the River Blyth, Suffolk to the south.[1] It is in the civil parish of Sotherton.

Population in 1801 was 163 and by 1840 had risen to 223. In 1861 the population was 193.[2]

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blyford like this:

Blyford, formerly Blythford, is a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; on the river Blythe, 2½ miles E by S of Halesworth r. station. Post Town, Halesworth. Acres, 947. Real property, £1,548. Pop., 193. Houses, 41. The living is a donative in the diocese of Norwich. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. Jeremy Day. The church, made of mainly flint, has two Norman doors and a perpendicular English tower, but is mainly decorated English.

On 9 August 2010, BBC Radio Suffolk reported at the 14th/15th century thatched Queen's Head Inn. The inn sign features St Etheldreda as the Queen. Chickens are located at the inn. The thatched roof was replaced in 1988 after a fire.

The church is just across the road from the inn with rumours of a smugglers' passage being located there. The church was built in 1088, with a 13th-century font added.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ White, William. "History, gazetteer and directory of Suffolk". History, gazetteer and directory of Suffolk. Simpkin Marshall and Company, 1874, p. 233.
  2. ^ Coke, Charles A. Population gazetteer of England and Wales. "History, gazetteer and directory of Suffolk". Harrison, 1864, p. 24.
  3. ^ "All Saints Blyford". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.

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