Suffolk
St. Edmundsbury District
The Saxhams

Great Saxham

Great Saxham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the West Suffolk district, in the county of , England. The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Saxham Magna in 1254.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Suffolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Great Saxham, Suffolk” and “Saxham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Church of St Nicholas.

Church
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Church
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is a country house at , near in , England. It is a neoclassical building set in parkland. The house was the residence of the Marquesses of Bristol until 1998; the house was given to the National Trust in 1956, but between then and 1998 the marquesses leased the east wing. is situated 2 miles southeast of Great Saxham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Saxham and Barrow.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the West Suffolk district, in the county of , England. The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book and as Saxham Parva in 1254.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of , England, about eight miles west of . According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is grove or wood, hill or mound. is situated 1½ miles west of Great Saxham.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of in East Anglia, England. Located around 10 km south-west of , in 2005 its population was 630, reducing to 602 at the 2011 Census. is situated 2 miles south of Great Saxham.

Great Saxham

Latitude
52.23515° or 52° 14′ 7″ north
Longitude
0.62004° or 0° 37′ 12″ east
Elevation
256 feet (78 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SAX
Open location code
9F426JPC+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3306532084
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2648025
Wiki­data ID
Q2217851
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Great Saxham” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Great Saxham”
  • French: “Great Saxham”
  • Irish: “Great Saxham”
  • Ladin: “Great Saxham”
  • Polish: “Great Saxham”
  • Swedish: “Great Saxham”
  • “Great Saxham”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Twist Wood and Barnfield Hill Wood.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Saxham”. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.