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Spexhall
St Peter's Church, Spexhall
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIP19
Dialling code01986
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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UK
England
Suffolk

Spexhall is a village in the north-east corner of the English county of Suffolk. It has a few basic services, including a village hall and a parish church, which was originally built as a cell of Rumburgh Priory.

This description of Spexhall was written in the late nineteenth century:

SPEXHALL, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 2 miles NNW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,484. Real property, £2,311. Pop., 181. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £277.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. Charities, £15.[1]

Local Amenities

  • Village hall with kitchen that can be booked for events
  • Recycling facilities on the village hall car park site

References

  1. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: Fullarton & co. Retrieved 2014-02-04.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)

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