Great Saxham

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52°13′55″N 0°36′47″E / 52.232°N 0.613°E / 52.232; 0.613

Great Saxham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of The Saxhams, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.^[1] The village appears as Sexham in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Saxham Magna in 1254.^[2] Saxham Hall is situated in the village. In 1961 the parish had a population of 189.^[3] On 1 April 1988 the parish was merged with Little Saxham to form "The Saxhams".^[4]

References

^ Kelly, E. R., ed. (1875). "GREAT SAXHAM". The Post Office Directory of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk. London: Kelly & Co. p. 905.
^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 405-06. ISBN 0198691033.
^ "Population Statistics Great Saxham CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "The St. Edmundsbury (Parishes) Order 1988" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2020.