Holbrook, Suffolk

For other uses, see Holbrook (disambiguation).

Holbrook
All Saints Church, Holbrook
Holbrook Holbrook shown within Suffolk
Population	2,180 (2011)^[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP9 2
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk

Coordinates: 51°59′02″N 1°09′32″E / 51.984°N 1.159°E / 51.984; 1.159

The old watermill

Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the Stour estuary in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley peninsula in Babergh district, around 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Ipswich.

To the south of the village is the Royal Hospital School, which moved to this site in 1933 after having been housed at Greenwich Hospital since 1693.

Lower Holbrook is a hamlet between the villages of Holbrook and Harkstead.^[2]

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,467.^[3]

Facilities

The village has two pubs, the Compasses and the Swan, a Co-op store, a newsagent, a hairdresser and a village hall. The area is served by a primary school and Holbrook Academy, which shares a site with the Peninsula Sports Centre. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.^[4] The village also has Methodist church.^[5]

History

During the Battle of Britain, a German military aircraft crashed into a field near the village. Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a Messerschmitt.

References

↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
↑ Philip's Street Atlas Suffolk, 2007 edition. p. 106.
↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
↑ Suffolk Churches December 2008. Retrieved 2009-2-28.
↑ "Holbrook". eamethodist.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holbrook, Suffolk.

Village website
All Saints' Church Suffolk Churches
""East Anglian Film Archive: "Holbrook" search results - eafa.org.uk"". Retrieved 1 May 2012.
"The East of England Geodiversity Partnership (Holbrook Bay) - geoeast.org.uk" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
Holbrook, Suffolk at genuki

Babergh

Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh

Civil parishes	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland with Wissington Nedging with Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke by Nayland Stratford St Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone

Other settlements	Ash Street Audley End Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Burstallhill Bury Road, Lawshall Calais Street Castling's Heath Chelsworth Common Cock Street Cornard Tye Cuckoo Tye Drakestone Green East End Fenstead End Gipsy Row Gosling Green Hadleigh Heath Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane, Lawshall Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Lower Holbrook Lower Raydon Mill Green Naughton Nayland Nedging Nedging Tye Newman's Green Parliament Heath Polstead Heath Priory Green Rooksey Green Rose Green, Lindsey Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Smithwood Green Swingleton Green Sherbourne Street Shop Corner Stackyard Green Stone Street Tattingstone White Horse The Street, Lawshall Thorington Street Upper Somerton Washmere Green Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Wissington Washbrook Washbrook Street White Street Green Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green

Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints Church Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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