Chillesford
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Chillesford is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal
District, in the English county of Suffolk
. It is located on the B1084 road Hertfords Place, which runs east to west.
Chillesford is 3 miles northwest of the small town of Orford
. It is 5 miles southwest of Aldeburgh
and 6 miles south of Saxmundham
. Population of around 120 and 60 houses.
The village was recorded in Domesday as "Cesefortda".
In 1258, Thomas Weyland
bought the Manor of Chillesford.
Amy Bantoff used to run the village shop but now closed and Mr Pratt, ran the local farm.
Chillesford has a pub, The Froize Inn (east end of B1084), which used to be two cottages.
A church (west end of B1084 - OS grid TM3852) has a tower and various other local buildings are made from local red crag
bricks.
The old brickyard was where a 20m skeleton of a whale was also once found.
Pedlars Lane (heads north from the centre of the village) to Tunstall Chapel.
Mill Lane (heads south and then south-west) which leads to Butley, Suffolk
.
Chillesford Lodge (OS grid TM3950) lies over a mile southeast from the village close to Sudbourne
Park.
The first polo field to be irrigated in the UK, started in the area in 1936. Fred Warner based at Lion St, Ipswich did the work, with the irrigation equipment being shipped in from Kentucky, USA on the RMS Queen Mary. The field was ploughed up during the second world war but used again from 1950 to 1956.
The polo field was finally closed after the owner of the field was trampled by horses in 1956.
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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 located on the B1084 road Hertfords Place, which runs east to west.
Chillesford is 3 miles northwest of the small town of Orford
Orford, Suffolk
Orford is a small town in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.Like many Suffolk coastal towns it was of some importance as a port and fishing village in the Middle Ages. It still has a fine mediaeval castle, built to dominate the River Ore.The main geographical feature of the...
. It is 5 miles southwest of Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh
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...
and 6 miles south of Saxmundham
Saxmundham
Saxmundham is a small market town in Suffolk, England. It is set in the valley of the River Fromus, a tributary of the River Alde, approximately northeast of Ipswich and west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed by the A12 and is served by Saxmundham railway station on the East Suffolk...
. Population of around 120 and 60 houses.
The village was recorded in Domesday as "Cesefortda".
In 1258, Thomas Weyland
Thomas Weyland
Sir Thomas Weyland was a British justice. He was the third son of Herbert Weyland and his wife Beatrice; his three brothers, John, Richard and William, also pursued administrative and judicial careers. Thomas's first appearance in official records is in 1251 as an attorney for his brother John for...
bought the Manor of Chillesford.
Amy Bantoff used to run the village shop but now closed and Mr Pratt, ran the local farm.
Chillesford has a pub, The Froize Inn (east end of B1084), which used to be two cottages.
A church (west end of B1084 - OS grid TM3852) has a tower and various other local buildings are made from local red crag
Red Crag Formation
The Red Crag Formation is a series of marine deposits at the base of the Pleistocene in Suffolk and Essex. This material rests on an erosion surface of Cretaceous to Palaeogene rocks...
bricks.
The old brickyard was where a 20m skeleton of a whale was also once found.
Pedlars Lane (heads north from the centre of the village) to Tunstall Chapel.
Mill Lane (heads south and then south-west) which leads to Butley, Suffolk
Butley, Suffolk
Butley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk.Butley lies east of the town of Woodbridge on the B1084 road. Administratively, Butley forms part of the Suffolk Coastal district; from 1934 to 1974 it had been part of the former Deben Rural District.- External links :**...
.
Chillesford Lodge (OS grid TM3950) lies over a mile southeast from the village close to Sudbourne
Sudbourne
Sudbourne is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located approximately north of Orford.Sudbourne is recognisable for Captain's Wood, a nature reserve owned by Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Crag Farm Pit which is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk. Sudbourne is also...
Park.
The first polo field to be irrigated in the UK, started in the area in 1936. Fred Warner based at Lion St, Ipswich did the work, with the irrigation equipment being shipped in from Kentucky, USA on the RMS Queen Mary. The field was ploughed up during the second world war but used again from 1950 to 1956.
The polo field was finally closed after the owner of the field was trampled by horses in 1956.
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