Hawkedon
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Hawkedon is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around south-south-west of Bury St Edmunds, the parish also contains the hamlet of Thurston End, and in 2005 had a population of 120. The majority of the village is classed as a conservation area.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Hawkedon
- UK place.static_image
- Hawkedon, Suffolk, 3 May 2010.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church, Hawkedon
- UK place.population
- 120
- UK place.population_ref
- (2005) 134 (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.post_town
- Bury St Edmunds
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP29
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- St Edmundsbury
- Population
- 134
- Image
- Hawkedon, Suffolk, 3 May 2010.jpg
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Hawkedon is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around south-south-west of Bury St Edmunds, the parish also contains the hamlet of Thurston End, and in 2005 had a population of 120. The majority of the village is classed as a conservation area.
==Etymology== The name means 'hill of the hawks', derived from the Old English hafoc meaning hawk (in the genitive plural), and the Old English dūn meaning hill.
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