Little Bealings
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Little Bealings is a village in Suffolk
, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich
(5.1 miles (8.2 km) away) and Woodbridge
(3.1 miles (5 km) away). Nearby villages include Great Bealings
, Playford
, Culpho
, Martlesham
and Grundisburgh
.
The village is centred around its public house
, the Admiral's Head, and also contains a village school, a village hall
and a meeting room called the Angela Cobbold Memorial Hall.
Until 1956 the village had an active railway station
. This was closed as part of the 1950s rail closure programme, prior to the Beeching Axe
. The station is now used as commercial office premises. The railway line running through the station remains active, as part of the Ipswich to Lowestoft
line, and crosses the main street at an automatic level crossing
.
Little Bealings' church is All Saints, part of a shared benefice
with Great Bealings, Playford and Culpho.
The Grove, an old house and estate in the village, was the childhood home of Sidney Colvin
, the curator, critic, and great friend of Robert Louis Stevenson
.
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...
, England. It has a population of approximately 470 people living in around 185 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
(5.1 miles (8.2 km) away) and 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...
(3.1 miles (5 km) away). Nearby villages include Great Bealings
Great Bealings
Great Bealings is a small village in Suffolk, England. It has about 310 people living in it, in around 120 households. Its nearest towns are Ipswich and Woodbridge . Nearby villages include Little Bealings, Playford, Culpho, Hasketon and Grundisburgh...
, Playford
Playford, Suffolk
Playford is a small village in Suffolk, England, on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has about 220 residents in 90 households. The River Fynn runs through the village, and many footpaths from Playford lead into the Fynn Valley. Villages nearby include Rushmere, Little Bealings, Great Bealings, Culpho...
, Culpho
Culpho
Culpho is a hamlet of about 40 people standing just outside Grundisburgh, Suffolk, about four miles west of Woodbridge. Its nearest villages are Great Bealings and Playford...
, Martlesham
Martlesham
Martlesham is a village in Suffolk, England about two miles South-West of Woodbridge and East of Ipswich. It is often referred to as "old Martlesham" by locals in order to distinguish this old village from the much more recent Martlesham Heath development to the south although both form a...
and Grundisburgh
Grundisburgh
Grundisburgh is a village of more than 1,530 residents situated in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coastal district, six miles north-east from Ipswich and four miles north-west of Woodbridge located on the B1079. Flowing through the village are the rivers Lark and Gull...
.
The village is centred around its public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
, the Admiral's Head, and also contains a village school, a village hall
Village hall
In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local...
and a meeting room called the Angela Cobbold Memorial Hall.
Until 1956 the village had an active railway station
Bealings railway station
Bealings railway station was a station in Little Bealings, Suffolk on the line between Ipswich and Lowestoft. While the line remains open to this day, the station was shut on 17 September 1956 and both the station building and platforms still survive today....
. This was closed as part of the 1950s rail closure programme, prior to the Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
. The station is now used as commercial office premises. The railway line running through the station remains active, as part of the Ipswich to Lowestoft
East Suffolk Line
The East Suffolk Line is an un-electrified secondary railway line running between Ipswich and Lowestoft in Suffolk, England. The traffic along the route consists of passenger services operated by National Express East Anglia, while nuclear flask trains for the Sizewell nuclear power stations are...
line, and crosses the main street at an automatic level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
.
Little Bealings' church is All Saints, part of a shared benefice
Benefice
A benefice is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The term is now almost obsolete.-Church of England:...
with Great Bealings, Playford and Culpho.
The Grove, an old house and estate in the village, was the childhood home of Sidney Colvin
Sidney Colvin
Sidney Colvin was an English curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson.-Biography:...
, the curator, critic, and great friend of Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
.