Mutford

Mutford
Mutford
	Mutford church
	Mutford Location within Suffolk
Area	6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Population	471 (2011)
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM486884
District	East Suffolk;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Beccles
Postcode district	NR34
Dialling code	01502
UK Parliament	Waveney;
	List of places UK England Suffolk 52°26′13″N 1°39′18″E / 52.437°N 1.655°E

Mutford is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk District of the English county of Suffolk. The village is 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Lowestoft and 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Beccles in a rural area. The parish borders Barnby, Carlton Colville, Gisleham, Rushmere, Henstead with Hulver Street, Ellough and North Cove.^[1] The village gave its name to the Half Hundred of Mutford which is named in the Domesday Book.^[2]

The parish had a population of 471 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.^[1] The A146 Beccles to Lowestoft road runs to north of the parish, cutting through the north-western corner. The Hundred River marks the southern boundary with Henstead with Hulver Street.^[1]

Culture and community

The majority of the parish is rural, with the main centre of population centred on an area in the centre of the parish. The post office closed in 2013, with few services remaining beyond a village hall and playing field.^[2] The medieval church of St Andrew is one of around 40 round-tower churches in Suffolk^[a] and is a Grade I Listed Building.^[9]

Notable people

Sir Stanley Rous, former president of FIFA, was born in Mutford in 1895.^[10] Also born in the village was Bill Crooks, manager of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Ngatapa, Gisborne, New Zealand from 1967 to 1974.

Notes

^ The exact number of round-tower churches in the county is a matter of debate. Some sources list 38,^[3]^[4] others cite between 40 and 43.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] They almost all date from the late Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.^[6]^[8] Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before boundary changes in 1974.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Village profile: Mutford, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ ^a ^b Mutford, Healthy Suffolk. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
^ Round Tower Churches Map, The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ Suffolk Churches, Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ Norfolk Round Tower Churches, Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ ^a ^b Hart S (2019) Round Tower Churches, Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ ^a ^b Knott S Suffolk churches with round towers, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ ^a ^b Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
^ Church of St Andrew, Historic England. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
^ Pawson A (2004) ‘Rous, Sir Stanley Ford (1895–1986)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Available online (subscription required). Retrieved 2011-04-20.)

External links

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[9] The exact number of round-tower churches in the county is a matter of debate. Some sources list 38,^[3]^[4] others cite between 40 and 43.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] They almost all date from the late Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.^[6]^[8] Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before boundary changes in 1974.^[7]

[vp-1] Village profile: Mutford, East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

[hs-2] Mutford, Healthy Suffolk. Retrieved 2021-02-12.

[tt-3] Round Tower Churches Map, The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[wc-4] Suffolk Churches, Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[gc-5] Norfolk Round Tower Churches, Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[sh-6] Hart S (2019) Round Tower Churches, Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[scrt-7] Knott S Suffolk churches with round towers, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[rtc-8] Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

[listchurch-10] Church of St Andrew, Historic England. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

[rous-11] Pawson A (2004) ‘Rous, Sir Stanley Ford (1895–1986)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press (Available online (subscription required). Retrieved 2011-04-20.)

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v t e East Suffolk
Towns	Aldeburgh Beccles Bungay Carlton Colville Felixstowe Halesworth Kesgrave Leiston Lowestoft Orford Saxmundham Southwold Woodbridge
Civil parishes	Alderton Aldringham cum Thorpe All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham Badingham Barnby Barsham Bawdsey Benacre Benhall Blaxhall Blundeston Blythburgh Blyford Boulge Boyton Bramfield Brampton with Stoven Brandeston Bredfield Brightwell Bromeswell Bruisyard Bucklesham Burgh Butley Campsey Ash Capel St Andrew Charsfield Chediston Chillesford Clopton Cookley Corton Covehithe Cransford Cratfield Cretingham Culpho Dallinghoo Darsham Debach Dennington Dunwich Earl Soham Easton Ellough Eyke Falkenham Farnham Flixton (Lothingland) Flixton (the Saints) Foxhall Framlingham Friston Frostenden Gedgrave Gisleham Great Bealings Great Glemham Grundisburgh Hacheston Hasketon Hemley Henstead with Hulver Street Heveningham Hollesley Holton Hoo Huntingfield Iken Ilketshall St Andrew Ilketshall St John Ilketshall St Lawrence Ilketshall St Margaret Kettleburgh Kelsale cum Carlton Kessingland Kirton Knodishall Letheringham Levington Linstead Magna Linstead Parva Little Bealings Little Glemham Lound Marlesford Martlesham Melton Mettingham Middleton Monewden Mutford Nacton Newbourne North Cove Otley Oulton Oulton Broad Parham Peasenhall Pettistree Playford Purdis Farm Ramsholt Redisham Rendham Rendlesham Reydon (Easton Bavents) Ringsfield Rumburgh Rushmere Rushmere St Andrew Saxtead Shadingfield Shipmeadow Shottisham Sibton Snape Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet Sotherton Sotterley South Cove Spexhall St Cross, South Elmham St James, South Elmham St Margaret, South Elmham St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield St Michael, South Elmham St Peter, South Elmham Sternfield Stratford St Andrew Stratton Hall Sudbourne Sutton Sutton Heath Sweffling Swilland Theberton Thorington Trimley St Martin Trimley St. Mary Tuddenham St Martin Tunstall Ubbeston Ufford Uggeshall Walberswick Waldringfield Walpole Wangford with Henham Wantisden Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet Westerfield Westhallilk Westleton Weston Wickham Market Willingham St Mary Wissett Witnesham Worlingham Wrentham Yoxford
Other settlements	Aldringham All Saints' South Elmham Ashby Brampton Carlton Eastbridge Gunton Henham Henstead Herringfleet Hulver Street Kelsale Kirkley Mells Minsmere Pakefield Sizewell Somerleyton St Nicholas South Elmham Stoven Thorpeness Walton Wangford Wenhaston
See also: Grade I listed buildings in East Suffolk District Suffolk Coastal local elections Waveney local elections 2019 East Suffolk District Council election Waveney (UK Parliament constituency)