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{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name = Creeting St Mary
|coordinates = {{coord|52.169|1.067|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish = Creeting St Mary
|population = 697
|population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122436&c=IP6+8NF&d=16&e=62&g=6466538&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1471616456125&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |accessdate=19 August 2016 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|shire_district = [[Mid Suffolk]]
|shire_county = [[Suffolk]]
|region = East of England
|constituency_westminster =
|post_town = IPSWICH
|postcode_district = IP6
|postcode_area = IP
|dial_code = 01449
|os_grid_reference =
|static_image = St Mary Creeting St Mary - geograph.org.uk - 1445103.jpg
|static_image_width = 240px
|static_image_caption= The Church of St Mary, Creeting St Mary
}}

'''Creeting St Mary''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Mid Suffolk]] district of [[Suffolk]] in eastern England. Sandwiched between the [[A14 road (England)|A14]] and [[A140 road|A140]] to the north of [[Needham Market]], the parish also includes the hamlet of [[Creeting Bottoms]]. In 2005 the parish population was 710,<ref>[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023551/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf |date=19 December 2008}} Suffolk County Council</ref> which decreased to 697 at the 2011 Census.

==History==
Formerly three parishes, [[Creeting All Saints]] and [[Creeting St Olave]] were consolidated into Creeting St Mary on 25 March 1884. The consolidated parish had 3,115 residents and in 1901 had 636.<ref name="ESI (1909)">{{cite book |last1=Barker |first1=Horace R. |title=East Suffolk Illustrated |date=1909 |publisher=[[Frederick George Pawsey]] |location=Bury St Edmunds}}</ref>{{rp|126}}

==Heritage==
The [[Creeting St Mary Windmill|buck of a windmill]] survives in the village. It was used as a [[dovecote]] after ceasing to be a [[windmill]].

St Mary's Church has been listed [[grade II*]] by English Heritage.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1033245 |desc= |accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> The parish was originally in the Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Creeting_St_Mary_with_Creeting_All_Saints_and_St_Olave,_Suffolk_Genealogy Retrieved 26 November 2016.]</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[John Austin (legal philosopher)|John Austin]] (1790–1859), legal thinker responsible for the theory of [[legal positivism]], was born here, the eldest son of the miller.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle= John Austin |volume= III |page=102 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[Michael Peck (cricketer)|Michael Peck]] (born 1967), a first-class cricketer, was born here.

==Amenities==
The village has a voluntarily aided [[Church of England]] [[primary school]] with 80–90 pupils. The Victorian building of the school, still in use for some classes, dates from 1871.

The village also has a charitable pre-school based in the Diamond Jubilee Hall.<ref>Creeting Community Pre-School [http://www.creetingpreschool.org.uk/ Retrieved 26 November 2016.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127044216/http://www.creetingpreschool.org.uk/ |date=27 November 2016 }}</ref> There are public playground facilities in Blacksmiths Field.<ref>Blacksmiths Field [http://www.creeting-st-mary.suffolk.gov.uk/blacksmiths-field/ Retrieved 26 November 2016.]</ref>

Creeting St Mary has a pub/restaurant, ''The Highwayman'', and several other catering, retail and service outlets.<ref>Business [http://www.creeting-st-mary.suffolk.gov.uk/businesses/ Retrieved 26 November 2016.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127030242/http://www.creeting-st-mary.suffolk.gov.uk/businesses/ |date=27 November 2016 }}</ref> Semi-soft [[Suffolk Gold cheese]] has been made here since 2004 by a family firm.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Creeting St Mary}}
*[http://www.creeting-st-mary.suffolk.gov.uk/ Village website]

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[[Category:Creeting St Mary| ]]
[[Category:Villages in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Mid Suffolk District]]
[[Category:Bosmere and Claydon Hundred]]

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