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°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.

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, at which time it had a population of 16.

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.^[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, where the B1070 Lady Lane meets the A1071 Ipswich Road. Next to the unhewn stone, there is also a pyramidal stone monument erected in 1818, and restored by parishioners in 1882.^[4]^[5] It is a Grade II listed building.^[6]

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Aldham had a population of 200,^[7] 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^[8]*

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^[8]*

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
^ Webb C, Where to find Mackenzie Crook's Detectorists in Suffolk, Radio Times. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
^ "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
^ "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

[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

[rt-3] Webb C, Where to find Mackenzie Crook's Detectorists in Suffolk, Radio Times. Retrieved 2016-03-23.

[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

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

[usual_resident_population-8] "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

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v t e Babergh
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 Hadleigh Hamlet Naughton Nayland Nedging Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St Bartholomew Sudbury St Gregory Sudbury St Peter Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Ash Street Brundon Bures Bury Road Drakestone Green Erwarton Fenstead End Flatford Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Lambs Lane Lawshall Green Little Wenham Lower Layham Nedging Tye Oldhall Green Pin Mill Rooksey Green Shotley Gate The Street Thorington Street Upper Layham Windsor Green Withermarsh Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall Bridge Cottage St Mary's Church, Chilton Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Freston Tower Gainsborough's House Giffords Hall Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham Lavenham Guildhall Lavenham Priory Lavenham Wool Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Lawshall Hall St James' Chapel, Lindsey All Saints Church, Little Wenham Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford Melford Hall Milden Castle All Saints Church, Newton Green Smallbridge Hall St Mary's Church, Stoke-by-Nayland St Gregory's Church, Sudbury St Peter's Church, Sudbury Tattingstone Wonder Thorington Hall St Mary's Church, Washbrook Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall