Wordwell
Wordwell is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds. The village was hit by the Black Death in 1348 and never recovered in terms of population; in 2005 it was estimated to have only 20 residents.Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints Church, Wordwell and Culford Park.
All Saints Church, Wordwell
Church
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All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Wordwell, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Culford Park
Manor estate
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Culford Park in Culford, Suffolk, England, is a country house that is the former seat of the Bacon, Cornwallis and Cadogan families, and now the home of Culford School. Culford Park is situated 2½ miles south of Wordwell.
Culford School
School
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Culford School, formerly the East Anglian School for Boys, is a co-educational private boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for pupils age 1–18 in the village of Culford, 4 miles north of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England. Culford School is situated 2 miles south of Wordwell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Stow and Ingham.
West Stow
Village
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West Stow is a small village and civil parish in West Suffolk, England. The village lies north of Bury St. Edmunds, south of Mildenhall and Thetford and west of the villages of Culford and Ingham in the area known as the Breckland. West Stow is situated 2 miles southwest of Wordwell.
Ingham
Village
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Ingham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located about six miles north of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 to Thetford in Norfolk. Ingham is situated 2½ miles southeast of Wordwell.
Culford
Hamlet
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Culford is a village and civil parish about 4 miles north of Bury St Edmunds and 62 miles north east of London in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Culford is situated 2½ miles south of Wordwell.
Wordwell
- Type: Locality
- Location: St. Edmundsbury District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.3339° or 52° 20′ 2″ northLongitude
0.692° or 0° 41′ 31″ eastElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9F428MMR+HRGeoNames ID
7297326
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