Aspall, Suffolk

Aspall is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 52, and estimated population of 60 in 2005. The village is about 15 miles (24 km) north of Ipswich, and 12 mi (19 km) south of Diss.

Aspall

Our Lady of Grace Aspall
Aspall
Location within Suffolk
Area3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population60 (est. 2005)[1]
• Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM171653
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStowmarket
Postcode districtIP14
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

The Domesday Book records the population of Aspall in 1086 to be 24 households made up of 5 freemen and 19 smallholders along with 60 pigs, 24 sheep, and 13 cattle. The lands that made up the village were held by Odo of Bayeux, Ranulf Peverel, Robert Malet. [2]

Aspall Cyder is brewed here by the Chevalliers of Aspall Hall. Aspall Hall is one of four moated houses located within a mile - the others being Aspall House, Moat Farm, and Kenton Hall at Kenton, Suffolk.

The parish church, Our Lady of Grace, has a 15th-century tower. In the graveyard, just to the north-west of the church, is the grave of the film producer Emeric Pressburger.[3]

Between 1908 and 1952 the village was served by Aspall and Thorndon railway station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.

Sir Herbert Kitchener, then Governor-General of the Sudan, was created Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, on 31 October 1898.[4]

Notable residents

References
  1. "SCC Parish Population Estimates" (PDF). 19 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. "Aspall | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. Simon Knott (June 2011). "Suffolk Churches". Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. "No. 27019". The London Gazette. 1 November 1898. p. 6375.


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