Stowupland
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Stowupland is a civil parish east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. Stowupland means "a place occupied on higher ground than Stowmarket", with the Saxons calling the village Ultuna due to the far higher presence of owls in the woods that previously stood on the site of Holy Trinity Church ('Ul' meaning owl). Stowupland High School is found in the village.
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It sits within the topics Civil parishes in Suffolk, Mid Suffolk District and Villages in Suffolk.
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Place details
- Locality
- Mid Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Stowupland
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM064596
- UK place.population
- 1,988
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.post_town
- Stowmarket
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP14
- UK place.dial_code
- 01449
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- Mid Suffolk
- UK place.hide_services
- Yes
- UK place.static_image_name
- Holy Trinty Stowupland - geograph.org.uk - 326109.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Holy Trinity Church, Stowupland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mid Suffolk
- Population
- 1988
- Image
- Holy Trinty Stowupland - geograph.org.uk - 326109.jpg
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- Stowupland
- OS grid reference
- TM064596
- P8168
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Stowupland is a civil parish east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. Stowupland means "a place occupied on higher ground than Stowmarket", with the Saxons calling the village Ultuna due to the far higher presence of owls in the woods that previously stood on the site of Holy Trinity Church ('Ul' meaning owl). Stowupland High School is found in the village.
Stowupland is centred on several village greens and has numerous amenities including, a petrol station, a butchers, a Chinese takeaway, a chip shop and two public houses - The Crown and The Retreat. As well as the High School there is Freeman Community Primary School, which has an attached pre-school. There are active football, cricket and bowls clubs in the village. A lottery grant funded gym and indoor sports facility is available for public use at the high school.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stowupland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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