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Creeting St Mary

Coordinates: 52°10′08″N 1°04′01″E / 52.169°N 1.067°E / 52.169; 1.067
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Creeting St Mary
The Church of St Mary, Creeting St Mary
Creeting St Mary is located in Suffolk
Creeting St Mary
Creeting St Mary
Location within Suffolk
Population697 (2011)[1]
Civil parish
  • Creeting St Mary
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIPSWICH
Postcode districtIP6
Dialling code01449
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°10′08″N 1°04′01″E / 52.169°N 1.067°E / 52.169; 1.067

Creeting St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Sandwiched between the A14 and A140 to the north of Needham Market, the parish also includes the hamlet of Creeting Bottoms. In 2005 the parish population was 710,[2] which decreased to 697 at the 2011 Census.

History

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Formerly three parishes, Creeting All Saints and Creeting St Olave were consolidated into Creeting St Mary on 25 March 1884. The consolidated parish had 3,115 residents and in 1901 had 636.[3]: 126 

Heritage

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The buck of a windmill survives in the village. It was used as a dovecote after ceasing to be a windmill.

St Mary's Church has been listed grade II* by English Heritage.[4] The parish was originally in the Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon.[5]

Notable people

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Amenities

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The village has a voluntarily aided Church of England primary school with 80–90 pupils. The Victorian building of the school, still in use for some classes, dates from 1871.

The village also has a charitable pre-school based in the Diamond Jubilee Hall.[7] There are public playground facilities in Blacksmiths Field.[8]

Creeting St Mary has a pub/restaurant, The Highwayman, and several other catering, retail and service outlets.[9] Semi-soft Suffolk Gold cheese has been made here since 2004 by a family firm.

References

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  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
  3. ^ Barker, Horace R. (1909). East Suffolk Illustrated. Bury St Edmunds: Frederick George Pawsey.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1033245)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  6. ^ "John Austin" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. III (9th ed.). 1878. p. 102.
  7. ^ Creeting Community Pre-School Retrieved 26 November 2016. Archived 27 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Blacksmiths Field Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  9. ^ Business Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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