Cretingham
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Cretingham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal
District, in the English county of Suffolk
. It is on the River Deben
, 2 miles south off the A1120 road
. It is four miles west from Framlingham
and eight miles northwest from Woodbridge
.
Road (west) and Brandeston
Road (east).
Located in the old Hundred of Loes (hundred)
and Domesday's name of Gretingeham" or "Gretingaham".
St Peter's church is half the way up the north part of The Street.
in 1996, a carpenter uncovered a plank of wood revealing a chilling penciled message: "A fearful murder was committed the first day of this month (October 1887) at Cretingham. A curate cut the vicars throat at 12 oclock at night." Shiela Hardy wrote a book about it (ISBN 9780752448954)
The old Bell Inn is now a dwelling called Dial House. The new Bell pub opened in 1967 located at the crossroads and dates from 1620s and was formerly four cottages.
Cretingham Primary School closed in the early 1960s (Miss Last being the last teacher).
Several farms in the area, Bungalow Farm in the southwest, Corner Farm in the southeast, Duck's Farm to the west and Rookery Farm and Manor Farm to the north.
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council is based in Woodbridge. Other towns include Felixstowe.The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the municipal borough of Aldeburgh, along with Felixstowe,...
District, in the English county of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. It is on the River Deben
River Deben
The River Deben is a river in Suffolk rising in Debenham -to be precise it has two main sources but the others are mostly fields runoff then , passes through Woodbridge, turning into a tidal estuary before entering the North Sea at Felixstowe Ferry...
, 2 miles south off the A1120 road
A1120 road
The A1120 is an 'A' road in the English county of Suffolk. It links Stowmarket to Yoxford passing through the centre of the county. It is 26 miles long.-Route:From west to east the road passes through the following settlements:* Stowmarket A14...
. It is four miles west from Framlingham
Framlingham
Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District of Suffolk, England. Commonly referred to as "Fram" by the locals, it is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It has a population of 3,114 at the 2001 census...
and eight miles northwest from Woodbridge
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. It is in the East of England, not far from the coast. It lies along the River Deben, with a population of about 7,480. The town is served by Woodbridge railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line. Woodbridge is twinned with...
.
Location
It is based on a crossroad, The Street (north-south) and FramsdenFramsden
Framsden village is north of Ipswich and south of the small market town of Debenham, Suffolk.The B1077 runs through the west of the Parish and the A1120 cuts across the north of the Parish....
Road (west) and Brandeston
Brandeston
Brandeston is a village in Suffolk, England on the River Deben. 'Brandeston Hall'the largest building in the village, is now the preparatory department of nearby Framlingham College...
Road (east).
Located in the old Hundred of Loes (hundred)
Loes (hundred)
Loes was a hundred of Suffolk, with an area of .Loes Hundred was long and thin in shape, around long and between 2 and wide. It followed the course of the River Deben from Cretingham to Ufford where it crossed Wilford Hundred to Woodbridge where it widened considerably...
and Domesday's name of Gretingeham" or "Gretingaham".
St Peter's church is half the way up the north part of The Street.
History
During renovation work on a hunting lodge near AldeburghAldeburgh
Aldeburgh is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Located on the River Alde, the town is notable for its Blue Flag shingle beach and fisherman huts where freshly caught fish are sold daily, and the Aldeburgh Yacht Club...
in 1996, a carpenter uncovered a plank of wood revealing a chilling penciled message: "A fearful murder was committed the first day of this month (October 1887) at Cretingham. A curate cut the vicars throat at 12 oclock at night." Shiela Hardy wrote a book about it (ISBN 9780752448954)
The old Bell Inn is now a dwelling called Dial House. The new Bell pub opened in 1967 located at the crossroads and dates from 1620s and was formerly four cottages.
Cretingham Primary School closed in the early 1960s (Miss Last being the last teacher).
Present day
Cretingham has a pub, a church and a golf course (to the northeast of the village).Several farms in the area, Bungalow Farm in the southwest, Corner Farm in the southeast, Duck's Farm to the west and Rookery Farm and Manor Farm to the north.