Aldringham
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thumb|Aldringham Village Sign Aldringham is a village in the Blything Hundred of Suffolk, England. The village is located 1 mile (1½ km) south of Leiston and 3 miles (4½ km) northwest of Aldeburgh close to the North Sea coast. The parish includes the coastal village of Thorpeness. The mid-2005 population estimate for Aldringham cum Thorpe parish was 730. By 2022, the parish population rose to 800, as recorded in the mid-2022 population estimate.
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thumb|Aldringham Village Sign Aldringham is a village in the Blything Hundred of Suffolk, England. The village is located 1 mile (1½ km) south of Leiston and 3 miles (4½ km) northwest of Aldeburgh close to the North Sea coast. The parish includes the coastal village of Thorpeness. The mid-2005 population estimate for Aldringham cum Thorpe parish was 730. By 2022, the parish population rose to 800, as recorded in the mid-2022 population estimate.
==History== Aldringham is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Alrincham". Its placename derivation is uncertain but Ekwall indicates that it probably means "the village of Ealdhere's people": the similarity to Aldeburgh is coincidental or the result of assimilation.
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