Layham

Village in Suffolk, England

Human settlement in England

Layham

St Andrew's Church

Layham

Location within Suffolk

Population| 589 (2011)[1]
District|

* Babergh

Shire county|

* Suffolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Ipswich
Postcode district| IP7
UK Parliament|

* South Suffolk

List of places

England
Suffolk

52°01′41″N 0°57′58″E﻿ / ﻿52.028°N 0.966°E﻿ / 52.028; 0.966

Layham is a small village and a civil parish in southern Suffolk, England, situated between the town of Hadleigh and the neighbouring village of Raydon.

The civil parish contains the villages of Upper Layham and Lower Layham, separated by the River Brett. It is part of the Babergh district[2] and falls within the South Suffolk parliamentary constituency.

It has a church, St Andrews,[3] and a public house, The Queen's Head, which are both situated in Lower Layham. More information on these and other aspects of Layham appear on the Parish Council's web site.[4]

## History

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Layham is mentioned in the Little Domesday book.

> "Æelfnoth held Layham from Harold TRE[5] as a manor with three carucates of land. Then as now 4 villans and 7 bordars. Then five slaves now six. Then as now 2 ploughs in demesne and two ploughs belonging to the men. Eleven acres of meadow, one horse, fifteen head of cattle, fifteen pigs, 100 sheep and nineteen goats. Then it was worth seventy shillings now 100 shillings. It is half a league long and a half broad four and a half pennies in geld. St Edmund had the soke."[6]

## Notable residents

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* Thomas D'Oyly (16th C), antiquary.

## References

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1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. ^ Babergh District Council Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Guide to St Andrew Church
4. ^ Layham Parish Council web site
5. ^ TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.
6. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1290

## External links

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Media related to Layham at Wikimedia Commons

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Babergh

Towns|

* Sudbury
* Hadleigh

Civil parishes (current)|

* Acton
* Aldham
* Alpheton
* Arwarton
* Assington
* Belstead
* Bentley
* Bildeston
* Boxford
* Boxted
* Brantham
* Brent Eleigh
* Brettenham
* Bures St Mary
* Burstall
* Capel St Mary
* Chattisham
* Chelmondiston
* Chelsworth
* Chilton
* Cockfield
* Copdock and Washbrook
* East Bergholt
* Edwardstone
* Elmsett
* Freston
* Glemsford
* Great Cornard
* Great Waldingfield
* Groton
* Hadleigh (town)
* Harkstead
* Hartest
* Higham
* Hintlesham
* Hitcham
* Holbrook
* Holton St Mary
* Kersey
* Kettlebaston
* Lavenham
* Lawshall
* Layham
* Leavenheath
* Lindsey
* Little Cornard
* Little Waldingfield
* Long Melford
* Milden
* Monks Eleigh
* Nayland-with-Wissington
* Nedging-with-Naughton
* Newton
* Pinewood
* Polstead
* Preston St Mary
* Raydon
* Semer
* Shelley
* Shimpling
* Shotley
* Somerton
* Sproughton
* Stanstead
* Stoke-by-Nayland
* Stratford St. Mary
* Stutton
* Sudbury (town)
* Tattingstone
* Thorpe Morieux
* Wattisham
* Wenham Magna
* Wenham Parva
* Whatfield
* Wherstead
* Woolverstone

Civil parishes (former)|

* Ballingdon
* Copdock
* Hadleigh Hamlet
* Naughton
* Nayland
* Nedging
* Sudbury All Saints
* Sudbury St Bartholomew
* Sudbury St Gregory
* Sudbury St Peter
* Washbrook
* Wissington

Other settlements|

* Ash Street
* Brundon
* Bures
* Bury Road
* Drakestone Green
* Erwarton
* Fenstead End
* Flatford
* Hagmore Green
* Hanningfield Green
* Harrow Green
* Hart's Green
* Hibb's Green
* Lambs Lane
* Lawshall Green
* Little Wenham
* Lower Layham
* Nedging Tye
* Oldhall Green
* Pin Mill
* Rooksey Green
* Shotley Gate
* The Street
* Thorington Street
* Upper Layham
* Windsor Green
* Withermarsh Green

Buildings|

* Abbas Hall
* Bridge Cottage
* St Mary's Church, Chilton
* Coldham Cottage
* Flatford Mill
* Freston Tower
* Gainsborough's House
* Giffords Hall
* Kentwell Hall
* Kersey Priory
* St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham
* Lavenham Guildhall
* Lavenham Priory
* Lavenham Wool Hall
* All Saints' Church, Lawshall
* Lawshall Hall
* St James' Chapel, Lindsey
* All Saints Church, Little Wenham
* Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
* Melford Hall
* Milden Castle
* All Saints Church, Newton Green
* Smallbridge Hall
* St Mary's Church, Stoke-by-Nayland
* St Gregory's Church, Sudbury
* St Peter's Church, Sudbury
* Tattingstone Wonder
* Thorington Hall
* St Mary's Church, Washbrook
* Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel
* Willy Lott's Cottage
* Woolverstone Hall

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