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County town: Ipswich
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Other major towns: Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds
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Known as Constable country after John Constable the painter, there are many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.
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Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline. The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.
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King John was brought to book by the barons at Bury St Edmunds.
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Known as the Gateway to the West Country situated in the South West of the country. Home of ancient mystical sites, such as Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and Avebury. Famed for its beautiful countryside, Castle Combe – voted prettiest Village in England and with white horses carved into the hills.
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Sir John Betjeman went to school at Marlborough College
  
  

Revision as of 07:44, 15 May 2007

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Cavendish, Suffolk submitted by Horatia Nelson

Suffolk

County town: Ipswich

Other major towns: Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds


Known as Constable country after John Constable the painter, there are many pargeted buildings and thatched cottages painted in shades of Suffolk pink.

Although Suffolk is predominantly an agricultural county, it has 50 miles of coastline. The main produce of the county are cereals, sugar beet, and the famous Suffolk Punch breed of working horse.

King John was brought to book by the barons at Bury St Edmunds.

Known as the Gateway to the West Country situated in the South West of the country. Home of ancient mystical sites, such as Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and Avebury. Famed for its beautiful countryside, Castle Combe – voted prettiest Village in England and with white horses carved into the hills.

Sir John Betjeman went to school at Marlborough College


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Bury St Edmunds

St Margarets
New Shire Hall
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1RX
Tel 01284 352373
E-mail bse@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk

Debden District

The Lindos Centre
Saddlemakers Lane
Melton
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP12 1PP
Tel 01394 382921
E-mail deben@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk

Sudbury

14 Cornard Road
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 2XA
Tel 01787 372904
E-mail Sudbury@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk

Waveney District

St Margaret's House
Gordon Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1JQ
Tel 01502 405096
E-mail waveney@registrars.suffolkcc.gov.uk



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