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Wordwell
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Wordwell is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds. The village was hit by the Black Death in 1348 and never recovered in terms of population; in 2005 it was estimated to have only 20 residents. During the 19th and early 20th centuries it was part of the Culford Estate. From 1974 to 2019 it was in St Edmundsbury district.
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Place details
- Locality
- West Suffolk
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wordwell
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wordwell
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.population
- 20
- UK place.post_town
- Bury St Edmunds
- UK place.postcode_area
- IP
- UK place.postcode_district
- IP28
- UK place.dial_code
- 01284
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- West Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.hide_services
- Yes
- UK place.static_image
- Wordwell Church - geograph.org.uk - 31897.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wordwell Church
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 21
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Wordwell is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds. The village was hit by the Black Death in 1348 and never recovered in terms of population; in 2005 it was estimated to have only 20 residents. During the 19th and early 20th centuries it was part of the Culford Estate. From 1974 to 2019 it was in St Edmundsbury district.
The village is mentioned as Wridewellan in the S1225 charter of 1040 AD where Thurketel grants the lands to Bury Abbey.
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