Little Whelnetham
| Little Whelnetham | |
 St Mary Magdalene Church |
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  Little Whelnetham |
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| 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 |
Coordinates: 52°12′22″N 0°45′47″E / 52.206°N 0.763°E
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.
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
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Nowton | Sicklesmere | Rushbrooke | |
| Great Whelnetham |  |
Bradfield St George | ||
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| Stanningfield | Bradfield Combust | Bradfield St Clare |
References
- 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- 1 2 "Little Whelnetham". Suffolk Churches.
- ↑ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- 1 2 "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
External links
Media related to Little Whelnetham at Wikimedia Commons