Spexhall

Spexhall
St Peter's Church, Spexhall
Spexhall  Spexhall shown within Suffolk
Population	192 (2011)
District	Waveney
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Halesworth
Postcode district	IP19 0
Dialling code	01986
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Suffolk Coastal
List of places UK England Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°22′01″N 1°29′38″E / 52.367°N 1.494°E

Spexhall is a village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Suffolk. The village, which is dispersed in nature, is around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the market town of Halesworth and 7 miles (11 km) south of Bungay in the Waveney district. It has few basic services, including a village hall and a parish church, which was originally built as a cell of Rumburgh Priory. The A144 road runs through the parish following the route of the Roman Stone Street. The population in 2011 was 192.^[1]

This description of Spexhall was written in the late nineteenth century:

SPEXHALL, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 2 miles NNW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,484. Real property, £2,311. Pop., 181. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £277.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. Charities, £15.^[2]

References

1. "Spexhall Parish, Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
2. Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Fullarton & co. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

External links

• St Peter, Spexhall Suffolk Churches
• Government census information for Sepxhall (2001)