Stoven is a village in Suffolk

Suffolk

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, England

England

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, located approximately 4½ miles (7½ km) north east of Halesworth

Halesworth

Halesworth is a small market town in the northeastern corner of Suffolk, England. It is located south west of Lowestoft, and straddles the River Blyth, 9 miles upstream from Southwold. The town is served by Halesworth railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line...

 and 5½ miles (8½ km) south of Beccles

Beccles

Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the Waveney District of the English county of Suffolk. The town is shown on the milestone as from London via the A145 Blythburgh and A12 road, northeast of London as the crow flies, southeast of Norwich, and north northeast of the county town of...

. The mid-2005 population estimate for Brampton with Stoven

Brampton with Stoven

Brampton with Stoven is a civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England located south of the town of Beccles. The mid-2005 population estimate for the parish was 460.The parish includes the villages of Brampton and Stoven.- References :...

 parish was 460. Brampton

Brampton, Suffolk

Brampton is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately four miles north east of Halesworth, five miles south of Beccles and nine miles south west of Lowestoft. The mid-2005 population estimate for Brampton with Stoven parish was 460...

 is located just to the west, Uggeshall

Uggeshall

Uggeshall is a village in Suffolk, England, located approximately 6 miles south of Beccles and 4 miles north east of Halesworth close to the A145. The mid-2005 population estimate for Uggeshall parish was 170. Sotherton is located just to the south-west, Wangford to the south-east and Brampton...

 to the south and Sotterley

Sotterley

Sotterley, originally Southern-lea from its situation south of the river, is a parish in the English county of Suffolk, located approximately south-east of Beccles and east of Willingham St Mary and Shadingfield. The parish is primarily agricultural with a dispersed population of 110...

 to the north.

The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret

Margaret the Virgin

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 and is a Grade II* listed building. It was threatened with demolition and sale in the late 1980s and early 1990s before being listed when its medieval structure was revealed. The church re-opened in 1996 and restoration work is believed to be ongoing.

Stoven has few basic services. Children attend primary school in Brampton, Middle School in Worlingham

Worlingham

Worlingham is a village and civil parish in the Waveney district of Suffolk, England about east of Beccles. As of 2008 it is effectively a suburb of Beccles...

 and High School in Beccles

Sir John Leman High School

Sir John Leman High School is currently a mixed-sex, 13-18 comprehensive school serving part of the Waveney region in north Suffolk, England. The school is located on the western edge of the town of Beccles and serves the surrounding area, including Worlingham and parts of Lowestoft...

. The local public house

Public house

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, a 17th century Grade II listed building, re-opened in July 2008 after having been closed for three and a half years, but closed again in early 2011 with plans to convert it to residential use.