Helmingham
Sign in to saveHelmingham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 12 miles (20 km) east of Stowmarket, and 12 miles north (20 km) of Ipswich. It has a population of 170, increasing to 186 at the 2011 Census. It retains the same name by which it was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, namely Helmingheham, meaning 'the village of Helm's people'.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mid Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Helmingham
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM1857
- UK place.population
- 186
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.post_town
- Stowmarket
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP14
- UK place.dial_code
- 01473
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- Mid Suffolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mid Suffolk
- Population
- +186
- Image
- Helmingham - Church of St Mary.jpg
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- P8168
- Salvador Luria
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Helmingham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, 12 miles (20 km) east of Stowmarket, and 12 miles north (20 km) of Ipswich. It has a population of 170, increasing to 186 at the 2011 Census. It retains the same name by which it was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, namely Helmingheham, meaning 'the village of Helm's people'.
Helmingham Hall, a large red brick quadrangular mansion, dates from the reign of Henry VIII. The ancient family of Tollemache have been seated here from an early period after settling for a while at Bentley soon after the Norman Conquest of England. A Lionel Tollemache married the heiress of the Helmingham family so acquiring this estate in the 15th century.