Helmingham
Coordinates: 52°10′23″N 1°12′11″E / 52.173°N 1.203°E
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Helmingham shown within Suffolk |
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| OS grid reference | TM |
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| District | Mid Suffolk |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | IPSWICH |
| Postcode district | IP6 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
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.[1]
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[edit] 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 Hall 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.[1]
[edit] Famous people
The village was the birthplace of Faith Emmeline Backhouse, mother of the war poet John Gillespie Magee, Jr..
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