Butley, Suffolk

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Butley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.

Butley lies Script error: No such module "convert". east of the town of Woodbridge on the B1084 (Orford) road. Administratively, Butley forms part of the East Suffolk district; from 1934 to 1974 it had been part of the former Deben Rural District, and then from 1974 to 2019 it had been part of the former Suffolk Coastal District Council.

History

Butle was formerly an exclave of Loes Hundred, one of the Hundreds of Suffolk.

The parish church of St John the Baptist dates from the 12th century, but was much restored in 1868. It is a grade II* listed building.[1]

Butley Priory

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