Dunwich
Sign in to saveDunwich () is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape around north-east of London, south of Southwold and north of Leiston, on the North Sea coast.
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Place details
- Locality
- East Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Dunwich
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dunwich, Suffolk.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Dunwich, view down St. James Street; to the right is the local museum
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population
- 189
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dunwich
- UK place.shire_district
- East Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Suffolk Coastal
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- East Suffolk
- Population
- +183
- Image
- Dunwich, Suffolk.jpg
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Marine archaeology
- Churches and other notable structures
- Dunwich during World War 2
- Folklore
- Cultural references
- Poetry
- Fiction
- Musical
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Dunwich () is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape around north-east of London, south of Southwold and north of Leiston, on the North Sea coast.
In the Anglo-Saxon period, Dunwich was the capital of the Kingdom of the East Angles, but the harbour and most of the town have since disappeared due to coastal erosion. At its height it was an international port similar in area to 14th-century London (although much smaller in population). Its decline began in 1286 when a storm surge hit the East Anglian coast, followed by two great storms in February and December of 1287, until it eventually shrank to the village it is today. Dunwich is possibly connected with the lost Anglo-Saxon placename Dommoc.