Little Whelnetham
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Little Whelnetham (well-NEE-thum) (sometimes Little Welnetham[1]) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles south of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 180.[2]
The parish also contains part of the village of Sicklesmere, with which sister village Great Whelnetham is contiguous. Until the Beeching Axe, the area was served by Welnetham railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line.
Church
The parish church of St Mary Magdalene is a medieval church whose origins are not precisely known. The tower seems typical of 14th century, and Pevsner dated it as such, but it may well be substantially older, with parts perhaps dating to the 12th century.[3]
To the east of the church is four-metre structure of flint and rubble, almost certainly part of a circular tower and perhaps part of an earlier church.[3]
Priory
The area was formerly the site of the Priory of the Holy Cross, a monastic priory dedicated to Thomas Becket founded in 1274 and dissolved in 1538, though there is some doubt as to whether it was in Little Whelnetham or Great Whelnetham. A Tudor house in Little Whelnetham, The Crutched Friars, is believed to have been part of the priory and is now a private residence.[4]
Demography
According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Little Whelnetham had a population of 188 with 76 households.[5]
Population change
| Population growth in Little Whelnetham from 1801 to 1891 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1801 | 1811 | 1821 | 1831 | 1841 | 1851 | 1881 | 1891 | ||
| Population | 142 | 127 | 176 | 180 | 206 | 178 | 156 | 174 | ||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[6] | ||||||||||
| Population growth in Little Whelnetham from 1901 to 2001 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1951 | 1961 | 2001 | 2011 | |||
| Population | 138 | 118 | 123 | 137 | 138 | 111 | 184 | 188 | |||
| Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[6] | |||||||||||
Location grid
References
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Explorer 211. Shows the civil parish as "Little Whelnetham" but the village as "Little Welnetham". Village signs all show "Little Whelnetham".
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External links
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