Friston
Not to be confused with Friston, East Sussex.
Friston | |
St Mary Magdalene Church, Friston |
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Friston |
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Population | 344 (2011)[1] |
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Shire county | Suffolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SAXMUNDHAM |
Postcode district | IP17 |
EU Parliament | East of England |
Website | http://www.friston.org.uk/ |
Coordinates: 52°11′24″N 1°31′41″E / 52.190°N 1.528°E
Friston is a village in Suffolk, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Saxmundham, its post town, and 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Aldeburgh. The River Alde bounds the village on the south. The surrounding land is chiefly arable. The soil becomes partly marshy in the lower grounds. The village is noted for its early nineteenth century post mill.[2]
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Frisetuna and seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Frīsa tūn = "the farmstead of the Frisians"; some of them may have come with the Angles and Saxons.
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (401005)". Images of England.
External links
Media related to Friston, Suffolk at Wikimedia Commons
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