Aspall,_Suffolk

Aspall, Suffolk

Aspall, Suffolk

Human settlement in England

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.

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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.

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.[3]

Notable residents

References

  1. [1]
    "SCC Parish Population Estimates" (PDF). 19 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Aspall | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "No. 27019". The London Gazette. 1 November 1898. p. 6375.



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