Haughley
Sign in to saveHaughley is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is located northwest of the town of Stowmarket, overlooking the Gipping valley, next to the A14 corridor. The population recorded in 2011 was 1,638. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, it was the site of a castle, a church on the pilgrim's route to Bury St Edmunds Abbey, and a market. Adjacent farms on the north side of the village were also home to one of the first studies of organic farming and the first headquarters of the Soil Association.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Haughley
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.population
- 1,638
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- UK place.post_town
- STOWMARKET
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP14
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01449
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- Mid Suffolk
- UK place.hide_services
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mid Suffolk
- Population
- +1638
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Buildings
- Castle
- Church
- Other prominent buildings
- Public houses, businesses and other facilities
- Palmers Bakery
- Transport
- Haughley Market
- Notable people
- Manor of Haughley
- References
- External links
Haughley is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is located northwest of the town of Stowmarket, overlooking the Gipping valley, next to the A14 corridor. The population recorded in 2011 was 1,638. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, it was the site of a castle, a church on the pilgrim's route to Bury St Edmunds Abbey, and a market. Adjacent farms on the north side of the village were also home to one of the first studies of organic farming and the first headquarters of the Soil Association.
==History== The village has evidence of Neolithic, pagan, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon settlements and was first mentioned (as ''Hag'e'le'') in the will of Leofgifu, a Saxon noblewoman, in 1040. Leofgifu bequeathed Haughley to her only daughter who may eventually have become the wife of Guthmund, the holder of Haughley in 1066 (Guthmund was the brother of Wulfric, 'a kinsman' of Edward the Confessor, appointed Bishop of Ely c. 1052-63). Haughley is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as Hagala being held by Hugh de Montfort, having formerly been held by the Saxon lord Guthmund for Edward.