Blaxhall

Blaxhall
Blaxhall Village Hall
Blaxhall is located in Suffolk
Blaxhall
Blaxhall
Location within Suffolk
Population194 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWoodbridge
Postcode districtIP12
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UK
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Suffolk
52°09′40″N 1°27′41″E / 52.16111°N 1.46139°E / 52.16111; 1.46139

Blaxhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. Located around 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Leiston and Aldeburgh, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220, measured at 194 in the 2011 Census.[1]

The parish council owns Blaxhall Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the south-east of the village.[2] The area is one of the few remaining areas of lowland dry heathland in the Suffolk Sandlings and is managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.[2][3]

The Blaxhall Stone is a large stone located at Stone Farm which, according to local legend, has been constantly increasing in size since it was dug up in the 19th century.[4]

Blaxhall is the subject of the book Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay by the historian George Ewart Evans. It describes rural life in the village.

Notable people from Blaxhall

References

  1. ^ Civil Parish population 2011. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  2. ^ a b Blaxhall Common Archived February 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  3. ^ Blaxhall Heath Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  4. ^ The Blaxhall Stone, Suffolk, England, Megalithia. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
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