Sapiston
Sign in to saveSapiston is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located near the Suffolk-Norfolk border. It is in northern Suffolk lying on the river Blackbourn. The place-name 'Sapiston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Sapestuna. The name is thought to mean 'village of soapmakers', but this is not certain.
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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.os_grid_reference
- TL917750
- UK place.official_name
- Sapiston
- UK place.population
- 164
- UK place.population_ref
- 178 (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bury St Edmunds
- UK place.post_town
- BURY ST EDMUNDS
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP31
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01284
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Suffolk
- Population
- +178
- Image
- Sapiston Sign.jpg
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Article
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- Dad's Army
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Sapiston is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located near the Suffolk-Norfolk border. It is in northern Suffolk lying on the river Blackbourn. The place-name 'Sapiston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Sapestuna. The name is thought to mean 'village of soapmakers', but this is not certain.
Sapiston is bordered to the south-west by Honington, to the north-west by Fakenham Magna, to the north by Euston, to the east by Bardwell, and to the south by Ixworth Thorpe. It is 8 miles from Bury St Edmunds and 6 miles from Thetford in Norfolk.