Barsham, Suffolk

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Barsham Holy Trinity
Barsham Holy Trinity

Barsham (grid reference TM395899) is a village and civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England, with a population of 218 (2001 census). It is about two miles west of Beccles, and is on the edge of The Broads.

Barsham Holy Trinity is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk. Horatio Nelson's mother Catherine Suckling was born in the former Rectory on May 9, 1725. She was always with him, despite her death when he was just nine years old - "The thought of former days brings all my mother to my heart, which shows itself in my eyes," he later recorded. The house is near the Beccles-Bungay Road, close to the church, which has a stained glass window commemorating Trafalgar

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Coordinates: 52.45450° N 1.52353° E