Belstead
Sign in to savethumb|Belstead Village Sign Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. Located on the southern edge of Ipswich, around south-west of Ipswich town centre. It had a population of 202 according to the 2011 census. Belstead has amenities such as a village hall, St Mary's the Virgin Church, The bridge school for children with learning difficulties and Belstead Brook Hotel and Spa. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Belstead
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Belstead War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 303105.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Belstead War Memorial
- UK place.population
- 202
- UK place.population_ref
- Census, 2011
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM1341
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 3.06
- UK place.post_town
- IPSWICH
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP8
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Babergh
- Population
- +202
- Image
- Belstead War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 303105.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- The Bridge School
- St Mary's the Virgin
- Population
- Occupation
- See also
- Listed buildings
- References
- External links
thumb|Belstead Village Sign Belstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. Located on the southern edge of Ipswich, around south-west of Ipswich town centre. It had a population of 202 according to the 2011 census. Belstead has amenities such as a village hall, St Mary's the Virgin Church, The bridge school for children with learning difficulties and Belstead Brook Hotel and Spa. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.
==History== thumb|Map of Belstead in Suffolk, 1946.|left In John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Vol. I, p.151 (1870) Belstead is described like this: BELSTEAD, a parish in Samford district, Suffolk; near the Eastern Union railway, 3½ miles SW of Ipswich. Post Town, Ipswich. Acres, 1,022. Real property, £1,849. Pop., 292. Houses, 57. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £370.* Patron, the Rev. E. J. Lockwood. The church is tolerable; and there is an Independent chapel.