Stowmarket
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Stowmarket ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, on the A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town lies on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between Diss and Needham Market, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Eastbridge Windpump at The Food Museum (June 2006)
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- UK place.post_town
- STOWMARKET
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP14
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01449
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM048588
- UK place.london_distance
- 89.1mi
- Coat of arms.image
- Stowmarket Town Sign.JPG
- Coat of arms.caption
- Town sign, Market Place, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in 2002
- Coat of arms.shield
- Or three Crowns Gules on a Chief Azure a Mitre Argent garnished Or.
- Coat of arms.motto
- Sit Anima Mea Cum Christo (May My Soul Be With Christ)
- Coat of arms.notes
- Granted to the urban district council in 1970. Transferred to the successor parish council in 1974.
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stowmarket
- UK place.population
- 21,534
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mid Suffolk
- Population
- 19280
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.stowmarket.org
- Image
- 'The Crown' inn, Stowupland, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 234648.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01449
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- Commons category
- Stowmarket
- OS grid reference
- TM048588
- postal code
- IP14
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Barbarea vulgaris
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Historic events
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Media
- Governance
- County Councillors
- Sport and leisure
- Climate
- Stowmarket today
- Notable residents
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Stowmarket ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, on the A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town lies on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) between Diss and Needham Market, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.
The town takes its name from the Old English word stōw meaning "principal place", and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stowmarket” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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