Felsham

Felsham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 420.[1]

Felsham

St Peter's Church, Felsham
Felsham
Location within Suffolk
Population420 (2005)[1]
448 (2011)[2]
OS grid referenceTL946570
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBURY ST EDMUNDS
Postcode districtIP30
Dialling code01449
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England

History

The origin of the name "Felsham" is not clear, but one theory gives its meaning as Faela or "pleasant enclosure".[3] Felsham was listed as Fealsham in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Church

The church of St Peter serves the parish of Felsham. The present church was largely built in the 14th and 15th century and has an impressive north porch. The interior was unsympathetically renovated during the 19th century.[4]

Village life

The village is home to the Six Bells public house. Parts of the present building date from the 16th century, though it was largely rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. Felsham was also the home of the Mudlen End Studio, which produced ceramic models of mainly cottages and dwellings from the local area.

References
  1. Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. Eilert Ekwall (1960). Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford University Press.
  4. "Felsham". English Church Architecture. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.


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