West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is an archaeological site and an open-air museum located near to West Stow in Suffolk, eastern England. Evidence for intermittent human habitation at the site stretches from the Mesolithic through the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological open-air museum in West Stow, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “West Stow Anglo Saxon Village” and “West Stow Anglo-Saxon Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lackford Lakes and Church of St Lawrence.
Lackford Lakes
Nature reserve
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lackford Lakes is a 105.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north and east of Lackford in Suffolk. The SSSI is part of the 131-hectare Lackford Lakes nature reserve, which is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Church of St Lawrence
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Lawrence is situated 3,500 feet south of West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village.
All Saints’ Church, Icklingham
Church
Photo: Stuart Shepherd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Icklingham, 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. All Saints’ Church, Icklingham is situated 1½ miles northwest of West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lackford and Flempton.
Lackford
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lackford is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around four miles north-west of Bury St Edmunds on the A1101, in 2005 it had a population of 270.
Flempton
Village
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flempton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is on the A1101 road 5 miles NW from Bury St Edmunds. Flempton takes its name from the Flemings who came from Flanders and settled the area in Anglo-Saxon times.
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 Anglo-Saxon Village
Latitude
52.31086° or 52° 18′ 39″ northLongitude
0.637° or 0° 38′ 13″ eastElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Open location code
9F428J6P+8ROpenStreetMap ID
node 359271069OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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“West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ウェスト・ストー・アングロ・サクソン村”
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