Little Livermere
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Little Livermere is a village in England situated about 5 miles (8 km) north of Bury St Edmunds, in an area of Suffolk
known as the Breckland
.
The village was almost entirely demolished in the 18th century when a park and mere were created in the grounds of the stately home, which was itself destroyed in the 1920s. All that remains of the village is the much decayed Church of St Peter and St Paul
, which is roofless and considered unsafe, and a farmhouse that stands adjacent to the church.
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...
known as the Breckland
Breckland
The Breckland as a landscape region is an unusual natural habitat of England. It comprises the gorse-covered sandy heath that exists in the north of the county of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk. An area of considerable interest for its unusual flora and fauna, it lies to the south east of another...
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The village was almost entirely demolished in the 18th century when a park and mere were created in the grounds of the stately home, which was itself destroyed in the 1920s. All that remains of the village is the much decayed Church of St Peter and St Paul
Paul of Tarsus
Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament...
, which is roofless and considered unsafe, and a farmhouse that stands adjacent to the church.