Great Whelnetham
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 Church of St Thomas à Becket |
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  Great Whelnetham |
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| Population | 820 [1] |
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| District | St Edmundsbury |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°12′22″N 0°45′04″E / 52.206°N 0.751°E
Great Whelnetham is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 820.[1]
The parish also contains the hamlet of Cocks Green, and the village of Sicklesmere, with which Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe, the area was served by Welnetham railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line.
Demography
According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Great Whelnetham had a population of 830 with 349 households.[2]
Population change
| Population growth in Great Whelnetham from 1801 to 1891 | ||||||||||
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| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | ||
| Population | 222 | 266 | 399 | 422 | 514 | 552 | 440 | 362 | ||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[3] | ||||||||||
| Population growth in Great Whelnetham from 1901 to 2001 | ||||||||||
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| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | |||
| Population | 357 | 366 | 359 | 315 | 442 | 444 | 830 | |||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[3] | ||||||||||
Location grid
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Nowton | Sicklesmere | Rushbrooke | |
| Hawstead |  |
Little Whelnetham | ||
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| Whepstead | Stanningfield | Bradfield Combust |
References
- 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- ↑ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- 1 2 "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
External links
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