Ashbocking
| Ashbocking | |
|---|---|
 Ashbocking church | |
  Ashbocking | |
| Ashbocking shown within Suffolk | |
| Population | 356 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TM1654 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode district | IP6 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Ashbocking is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is about seven miles north of Ipswich, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 318, increasing to 356 at the 2011 Census.
In 1326, the Ashbocking All Saints Church was impropriated to the monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury.
Peter Harold Wright, a recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War, is buried in All Saints churchyard.
External links
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Media related to Ashbocking at Wikimedia Commons - Ashbocking in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- County Churches, ed. J.C. Cox Suffolk. Published 1912 by Allen in London OpenLibrary.org
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