Brightwell, Suffolk

Brightwell
Brightwell
 Brightwell shown within Suffolk
Population 57 (2001 census)[1]
Civil parishBrightwell
DistrictSuffolk Coastal
Shire countySuffolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town IPSWICH
Postcode district IP10
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentSuffolk Coastal
Websitehttp://www.brightwell.suffolk.gov.uk//
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Coordinates: 52°02′36″N 1°16′44″E / 52.0433°N 1.2790°E

Brightwell is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It has a place of worship. For transport there is the A12 road nearby. It is near the large town of Ipswich. Adjacent parishes include Foxhall, Bucklesham, Martlesham and Newbourne.

Brightwell Hall was extensively remodelled circa 1663 by Sir Samuel Barnardiston MP, leader of the Suffolk Whigs and a deputy Governor of the East India Company. It was demolished in about 1755 but traces of the park's parterres and garden walks still remain.

John Constable painted a landscape in oil in 1815 of Brightwell.[2]

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