Little Whelnetham

Little Whelnetham

St Mary Magdalene Church
Little Whelnetham

 Little Whelnetham shown within Suffolk
Population 180 [1]
District St Edmundsbury
Shire county Suffolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Little Whelnetham (well-NEE-tham) is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 180.[1]

The parish also contains part of the village of Sicklesmere, with which sister village Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe, the area was served by Welnetham railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line.

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Church

The parish church of St Mary Magdalene is a medieval church whose origins are not precisely known. The tower seems typical of 14th century, and Pevsner dated it as such, but it may well be substantially older, with parts perhaps dating to the 12th century.[2]

To the east of the church is four-metre structure of flint and rubble, almost certainly part of a circular tower and perhaps part of an earlier church.[2]

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Little Whelnetham had a population of 184 with 70 households.[3]

Population change

Population growth in Little Whelnetham from 1801 to 1891
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1881 1891
Population 142 127 176 180 206 178 156 174
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[4]
Population growth in Little Whelnetham from 1901 to 2001
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001
Population 138 118 123 137 138 111 184
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[4]

Location grid

Neighbouring villages, and hamlets
Nowton Sicklesmere Rushbrooke
Great Whelnetham Bradfield St George
   Little Whelnetham    
Stanningfield Bradfield Combust Bradfield St Clare

References

  1. ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
  2. ^ a b "Little Whelnetham". Suffolk Churches. http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/lwhelnetham.html. 
  3. ^ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles". http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A546F6B2-3218-4537-9398-384E6BA430C5/0/CensusParishdata.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  4. ^ a b "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10319067&c_id=10001043&add=N. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 

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