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Chelmondiston

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Also known as Chelmondiston, Suffolk

Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, five miles south-east of Ipswich. The hamlet of Pin Mill lies within the parish on the south bank of the River Orwell. The village comprises approximately 500 dwellings and has a population of just over 1,000. It is one of the largest villages situated on the Shotley Peninsula.

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Place details

Locality
Babergh
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
938
Timezone
Europe/London

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9.7 µg/m³
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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Chelmondiston
UK place.os_grid_reference
TM204372
UK place.area_total_km2
5.17
UK place.population
1,054
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.shire_district
Babergh
UK place.region
East of England
UK place.shire_county
Suffolk
UK place.constituency_westminster
South Suffolk
UK place.post_town
IPSWICH
UK place.postcode_district
IP9
UK place.postcode_area
IP
UK place.dial_code
01473
UK place.static_image
St. Andrews church, Chelmondiston, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 282514.jpg
UK place.static_image_width
240px
UK place.static_image_caption
St Andrew's Church, Chelmondiston

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Babergh
Population
1054
Image
St. Andrews church, Chelmondiston, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 282514.jpg
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Commons category
Chelmondiston
OS grid reference
TM204372
postal code
IP9
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Churches
  • Notable residents
  • Listed buildings
  • References
  • External links

Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, five miles south-east of Ipswich. The hamlet of Pin Mill lies within the parish on the south bank of the River Orwell. The village comprises approximately 500 dwellings and has a population of just over 1,000. It is one of the largest villages situated on the Shotley Peninsula.

== History == The etymology of the word Chelmondiston is perhaps ‘Ceolmund’s dwelling’. The parish contains a number of Bronze Age barrow sites. Chelmondiston and Pin Mill do not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was formerly known as Chelmington and was located in the old hundred of Babergh.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chelmondiston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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