Copdock

Copdock is a village and former civil parish in county of Suffolk, south-eastern England. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 399.[1]

Copdock
St. Peter's, Copdock
Copdock Location within Suffolk
OS grid reference	TM1141
Civil parish	Copdock and Washbrook
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	IPSWICH
Postcode district	IP8
Dialling code	01473

Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England

Location

Copdock is 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Ipswich. It is located on the former A12 road (now designated as the C475), which was blocked off at Whights Corner after the construction of the Copdock Interchange and the A14 road Ipswich bypass.

Governance

The local authority for the area is Babergh District Council. On 1 April 1994 the parish was merged with Washbrook to form the Copdock and Washbrook.[2]

Description

It has a local primary school called Copdock Primary School,[3] and the local church is called St. Peter's Copdock and is a Church of England. The local village hall, located on the old A12, was built in 1991, and is situated within the grounds of the local playing fields. Various sports clubs use the playing fields; and they are home to a thriving cricket team, Copdock & Old Ipswichian CC. The Best Western Ipswich Hotel[4] is located opposite the village hall.

Notable persons

William Henry Hewitt, recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born in Copdock in 1884.

References

"Population Statistics Copdock CP/AP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
"The Babergh (Parishes) Order 1993" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
"Bentley CEVC & Copdock Primary Federation:". www.bentleycopdock.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
"Home | Ipswich Hotel - Cameron Ventures Group". cameronventuresgroup.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

External links

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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	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Colchester Green Coles Green Cook's Green Cornard Tye Cross Green (Cockfield) Cross Green (Hartest) Cross Green (Hitcham) Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Erwarton Fenstead End Fern Hill Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hartest Hill Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mile End Mill Green Mill Hill Mill Street Nedging Tye Newman's Green Oldhall Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Slough Hill Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse The Heath The Street The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Thorington Street Thorpe Green Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Windsor Green Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

Ceremonial county of Suffolk
Boroughs or districts	Babergh East Suffolk Ipswich Mid Suffolk West Suffolk
Major settlements	Aldeburgh Beccles Brandon Bungay Bury St Edmunds Carlton Colville Clare Eye Felixstowe Framlingham Hadleigh Halesworth Haverhill Ipswich Kesgrave Leiston Lowestoft Mildenhall Needham Market Newmarket Orford Saxmundham Southwold Stowmarket Sudbury Woodbridge See also: List of civil parishes in Suffolk
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