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Village in Suffolk, England

Human settlement in England

Population196 (2011)^[1]

Cretingham

Cretingham
St Peter's church
Cretingham Location within Suffolk
Population	196 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TM2260
Civil parish	Cretingham
District	East Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOODBRIDGE
Postcode district	IP13
Dialling code	01728
UK Parliament	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°11′46″N 1°15′32″E / 52.196°N 1.259°E / 52.196; 1.259

Cretingham is a village and a civil parish in the East Suffolk 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.

It is based on a crossroads formed by The Street (north-south) and Framsden Road (west) and Brandeston Road (east) and has a church, a pub and a golf course (to the northeast of the village).

The church of St Peter is half the way up the north part of The Street. It dates from c.1300 and is a grade II* listed building.^[2] The old Bell Inn is now a dwelling called Dial House. The new Cretingham Bell pub opened in 1967 located at the crossroads. It dates from 1620s and was formerly four cottages.

Several farms lie in the area:

Bungalow Farm in the southwest
Corner Farm in the southeast
Duck's Farm to the west
Rookery Farm and Manor Farm to the north

History

The village's name means The people of a gravelly village being derived from the Old English word grēot meaning gravel.^[3]

In 1086 it was described as "Gretingeham" or "Gretingaham" in the Domesday Book and located in the old Hundred of Loes. The population was recorded as 78 households along with 30 acres of meadow, wood for 20 pigs, 4 cobs, 7 cattle, 40 pigs, 64 sheep, 32 goats, 4 beehives, and 1 mill.^[4]

There are 21 listed buildings in the parish including the grade II* listed church of St Peter.^[5]

Six bells are hung in the tower for change ringing with the heaviest weighing 7 cwt-2qr-23lb, and the oldest dating from about 1416 cast by Richard Baxter of Norwich, the tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers. The bells were rehung and augmented to six with a new bell cast by John Taylor & Co in 2017.^[6]^[7] The first peal was rung on the bells on 30 Apr 1883; up to 2019 29 peals had been rung at Cretingham.^[8]

During renovation work on a hunting lodge near Aldeburgh in 1996, a carpenter uncovered a plank of wood revealing a chilling pencilled message: "A fearful murder was committed the first day of this month (October 1887) at Cretingham. A curate cut the vicar's throat at 12 o'clock at night." Sheila Hardy^[9] wrote a book about it called The Cretingham Murder.^[10]

Cretingham Primary School closed in the early 1960s (Miss Last being the final teacher).

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 14 September 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST PETER (1030322)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
↑ "Cretingham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
↑ "Listed Buildings in Cretingham, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
↑ "Dove Details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
↑ "The Suffolk Guild of Ringers, Cretingham". www.suffolkbells.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
↑ "Felstead Database". cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
↑ Sheila Hardy
↑ The Cretingham Murder (ISBN 9780752448954)

External links

St Peter's Church

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Civil parishes	Alderton Aldringham cum Thorpe All Saints and St Nicholas, South Elmham Badingham Barnby Barsham Bawdsey Benacre Benhall Blaxhall Blundeston Blythburgh Blyford Boulge Boyton Bramfield Brampton with Stoven Brandeston Bredfield Brightwell Bromeswell Bruisyard Bucklesham Burgh Butley Campsey Ash Capel St Andrew Charsfield Chediston Chillesford Clopton Cookley Corton Covehithe Cransford Cratfield Cretingham Culpho Dallinghoo Darsham Debach Dennington Dunwich Earl Soham Easton Ellough Eyke Falkenham Farnham Flixton (Lothingland) Flixton (the Saints) Foxhall Framlingham Friston Frostenden Gedgrave Gisleham Great Bealings Great Glemham Grundisburgh Hacheston Hasketon Hemley Henstead with Hulver Street Heveningham Hollesley Holton Hoo Huntingfield Iken Ilketshall St Andrew Ilketshall St John Ilketshall St Lawrence Ilketshall St Margaret Kettleburgh Kelsale cum Carlton Kessingland Kirton Knodishall Letheringham Levington Linstead Magna Linstead Parva Little Bealings Little Glemham Lound Marlesford Martlesham Melton Mettingham Middleton Monewden Mutford Nacton Newbourne North Cove Otley Oulton Oulton Broad Parham Peasenhall Pettistree Playford Purdis Farm Ramsholt Redisham Rendham Rendlesham Reydon (Easton Bavents) Ringsfield Rumburgh Rushmere Rushmere St Andrew Saxtead Shadingfield Shipmeadow Shottisham Sibton Snape Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet Sotherton Sotterley South Cove Spexhall St Cross, South Elmham St James, South Elmham St Margaret, South Elmham St Mary, South Elmham otherwise Homersfield St Michael, South Elmham St Peter, South Elmham Sternfield Stratford St Andrew Stratton Hall Sudbourne Sutton Sutton Heath Sweffling Swilland Theberton Thorington Trimley St Martin Trimley St. Mary Tuddenham St Martin Tunstall Ubbeston Ufford Uggeshall Walberswick Waldringfield Walpole Wangford with Henham Wantisden Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet Westerfield Westhallilk Westleton Weston Wickham Market Willingham St Mary Wissett Witnesham Worlingham Wrentham Yoxford
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