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Leavenheath
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Leavenheath is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, close to the Essex border. Located on the A134 between Sudbury and Colchester, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also contains the hamlets of Cock Street and Honey Tye, and in 2001 had a population of 1,373, falling slightly to 1,370 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Babergh
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Leavenheath
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.post_town
- Colchester
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO6
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- Babergh
- UK place.hide_services
- Yes
- UK place.population
- 1370
- UK place.static_image
- St. Matthew; the parish church of Leavenheath - geograph.org.uk - 962573.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Matthew, parish church of Leavenheath
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1370
- Image
- St. Matthew; the parish church of Leavenheath - geograph.org.uk - 962573.jpg
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- Leavenheath
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Leavenheath is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, close to the Essex border. Located on the A134 between Sudbury and Colchester, it is part of Babergh district. The parish also contains the hamlets of Cock Street and Honey Tye, and in 2001 had a population of 1,373, falling slightly to 1,370 at the 2011 Census.
The village was named after the Leaven Heath, an area of open land between Boxford, Bures, Nayland and Polstead. It does not have a village centre, but is separated into two parts around half a mile apart by Leaden Hall. The northern section is to the east of the A134, the southern section to the west. Such is the dispersed nature of the village, that it did not even have a church until St Matthew's was built, originally as a chapel of ease, in 1836, and was not designated as a parish until 1952; prior to that it was part of Stoke by Nayland Parish.
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