Monk Soham

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Monk Soham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk, four miles north east of Debenham and six miles north west of Framlingham.

In 1868, the parish was recorded as "wholly agricultural".[1]

Claude Morley, the English antiquary and entomologist, lived in Monk Soham House.

St Peter's Church

St Peter's Church has a notable Seven Sacrament font.[2]

St Peter Monk Soham - geograph.org.uk - 1741374

In the early 1870s, Monk Soham was described as:

"a parish, with a village, in Hoxne district, Suffolk; 4¼ miles WNW of Framlingham r. station. Post town, Wickham-Market. Acres, 1,569. Real property, £3,153. Pop., 442. Houses, 86. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £530.* Patron, the Rev. R. H. Groome. There are a parochial school, and charities £80."[3]
This graph shows the population change for Monk Soham, Suffolk , as reported by the Cencus of the population from 1801 to 2011

According to the 2011 cencus, Monk Soham had a population of 156 people.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland. 1868. 
  2. ↑ Monk Soham at suffolkchurches.co.uk
  3. ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870-72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton& Co. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 
  4. ↑ "Monk Soham: Key Figures for 2011 Cencus: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 February 2014. 

Coordinates: 52°14′23″N 1°14′22″E / 52.239681°N 1.239356°E / 52.239681; 1.239356

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