Leiston
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Leiston ( ) is a town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is close to Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London. The town had a population of 5,508 at the 2011 Census.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Leiston
- UK place.population
- 5,508
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Leiston
- UK place.shire_district
- East Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Suffolk Coastal
- UK place.post_town
- LEISTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP16
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.dial_code
- 01728
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM445623
- UK place.static_image_name
- Leiston St Margaret’s church - geograph.org.uk - 2102474.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Margaret’s Church
- UK place.type
- Town
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5508
- Image
- Crossroads - geograph.org.uk - 1443426.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01728
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- OS grid reference
- TM445623
- postal code
- IP16
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- Leiston
- P8168
- Lend-Lease
- P12749
- Otto Erich Deutsch
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Leiston ( ) is a town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is close to Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London. The town had a population of 5,508 at the 2011 Census.
==History== The name Leiston derives from either the Old English legstūn meaning 'settlement near a beacon fire' or from the Old Norse personal name Leif and tūn meaning 'Leif's settlement'.
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