Cavenham

Cavenham

St Andrew's Church, Cavenham
Cavenham
 Cavenham shown within Suffolk
Population 136 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceTL7669
DistrictForest Heath
Shire countySuffolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
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Coordinates: 52°17′48″N 0°35′02″E / 52.2968°N 00.5839°E / 52.2968; 00.5839

Cavenham is a civil parish in Suffolk, England, 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Bury St Edmunds. It is in the local government district of Forest Heath, and the electoral ward of Icini.[1] At the 2001 UK census, Cavenham Parish had a population of 127.[2] In the 1870s it had a population of 229.[3]

The parish includes Cavenham Heath, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with a sand and gravel quarry close to it[4] and is the location of the Black Ditches, an Anglo-Saxon boundary ditch which is believed to be the most easterly of a series of early Anglo-Saxon defensive earthworks built across the Icknield Way. Part of this also forms an SSSI to the south-east of the village.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cavenham parish, Suffolk.
  1. "Ward: Icini" (PDF). Forest Heath District Council. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  2. "Cavenham CP". Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  3. "Cavenham Through Time". Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  4. "Planning Applications – R03/214". Suffolk County Council. 2003-11-04. Retrieved 2008-05-25.


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