Great Whelnetham

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Great Whelnetham
Great Whelnetham - Church of St Thomas à Becket.jpg
Church of St Thomas à Becket
Great Whelnetham is located in Suffolk
Great Whelnetham
Great Whelnetham
Location within Suffolk
Population820 (2005)[1]
849 (2011)[2]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBury St Edmunds
Postcode districtIP30
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°12′22″N 0°45′04″E / 52.206°N 0.751°E / 52.206; 0.751Coordinates: 52°12′22″N 0°45′04″E / 52.206°N 0.751°E / 52.206; 0.751

Great Whelnetham (sometimes Great Welnetham[3]) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 820.[1]

The parish also contains the hamlet of , and the village of Sicklesmere, with which Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe, the area was served by Welnetham railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line.

In 2019, an excavation of an 4th-century Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham uncovered unusual burial practices. Of 52 skeletons were found, a large number had been decapitated, which archaeologists claimed gave new insight in to Roman traditions. The burial ground includes the remains of men, women and children who likely lived in a nearby settlement. The fact that up to 40% of the bodies were decapitated represents "quite a rare find".[4]

History[]

Demography[]

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Great Whelnetham had a population of 830 with 349 households,[5] increasing to 849 in 348 households at the 2011 Census.

Population change[]

Population change 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[6]
Population change in Great Whelnetham from 1901 to 2001
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001 2011
Population 357 366 359 315 442 444 830 849
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[6]

Location grid[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Explorer 211. Shows the civil parish as "Great Whelnetham" but the village as "Great Welnetham". Village signs all show "Great Whelnetham".
  4. ^ "Decapitated bodies found in Roman cemetery in Great Whelnetham". BBC News. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  6. ^ a b "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

External links[]

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