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Chelmondiston
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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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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Babergh
- Population
- 1054
- Image
- St. Andrews church, Chelmondiston, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 282514.jpg
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- Chelmondiston
- OS grid reference
- TM204372
- postal code
- IP9
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Churches
- Notable residents
- Listed buildings
- References
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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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