Sapiston

Also known as Sapiston, Suffolk

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.

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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

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Wikidata facts

Population: 178
Image: Sapiston Sign.jpg
Dialing code: 01284

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Commons category: Sapiston
OS grid reference: TL91775
P8168: Dark Passion Play

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History
About Sapiston
Dad's Army
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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.