Aldham, Suffolk
| Aldham | |
|---|---|
 Aldham St Mary church | |
| Population | 175 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TM0445 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode district | IP7 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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]
On 1555 Aldham Common was the location for the matyrdom of the English Protestant Rowland Taylor during the Marian Persecutions.
Demography
According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Aldham had a population of 200,[4] 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[5] | ||||||||||
| 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[5] | ||||||||||
Location grid
Neighbouring villages, and hamlets | |
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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.
- ^ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ a b "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
External links
- St Mary, Aldham Suffolk Churches
- Website with photos of Aldham St Mary
- Aldham in the Domesday Book