Minsmere

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For the bird reserve, see RSPB Minsmere

Minsmere is a hamlet on the Suffolk coast a couple of miles south of Dunwich. Ranulph de Glanvill built an abbey here on the marshes in the 12th century but this was abandoned in favour of Leiston Abbey in 1363 It is recorded in the 14th century as being a small village with around 10 homesteads but these had all been lost to the sea by the 16th century. During the 18th century, it was renown as a hotbed for smugglers.