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Long Melford, Suffolk

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Long Melford, colloquially and historically also referred to as Melford, is a large village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Sudbury, approximately 16 miles (26 km) from Colchester and 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St Edmunds. It is one of Suffolk's "wool towns" and is a former market town. The parish also includes the hamlets of Bridge Street and Cuckoo Tye. In 2011 the parish had a population of 3918.

Its name is derived from the nature of the village's layout (originally concentrated along a 3-mile stretch of a single road) and the Mill ford crossing the Chad Brook (a tributary of the River Stour).




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Created: Wed, 15 May 2019, Updated: Wed, 15 May 2019


38 images use this description: (all images taken in 2014)

TL8546 : B1066 Lower Street & Windmill Hill Postbox by Geographer
TL8747 : A1092 High Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8546 : Entering Long Melford on the A1092 Windmill Hill by Geographer
TL8544 : Long Melford Village Name sign by Geographer
TL8546 : A1092 Windmill Hill, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8544 : Milestone on the B1064 Hall Street on Rodbridge Hill by Geographer
TL8544 : B1064 Hall Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8546 : B1066 Lower Street & Windmill Hill Postbox by Geographer
TL8647 : High Street Postbox by Geographer
TL8544 : Entering Long Melford on the B1064 Hall Street by Geographer
TL8546 : Windmill Hill Postbox by Geographer
TL8647 : Footpath off the A1092 High Street by Geographer
TL8747 : A134 Bury Road, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8544 : Long Melford Village Name sign by Geographer
TL8544 : Rodbridge Long Melford Postbox by Geographer
TL8544 : Milestone on the B1064 Hall Street on Rodbridge Hill by Geographer
TL8546 : B1066 Lower Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8647 : A1092 High Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8547 : Cramore Green Lane Cramore Green by Geographer
TL8546 : A1092 Windmill Hill, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8544 : Rodbridge Long Melford Postbox by Geographer
TL8547 : B1066 Lower Street, Cranmore Green by Geographer
TL8747 : A1092 High Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8647 : High Street Postbox by Geographer
TL8546 : B1066 Lower Street & Windmill Hill Postbox by Geographer
TL8647 : Footpath off the A1092 High Street by Geographer
TL8747 : A134 Bury Road, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8546 : Footpath to St. Edmunds Way by Geographer
TL8647 : A1092 High Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8544 : Rodbridge Long Melford Postbox by Geographer
TL8747 : A134 Bury Road, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8647 : High Street Postbox by Geographer
TL8546 : A1092 Windmill Hill, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8546 : A1092 Windmill Hill, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8647 : High Street Postbox by Geographer
TL8546 : Windmill Hill Postbox by Geographer
TL8546 : B1066 Lower Street, Long Melford by Geographer
TL8546 : Roadsigns on the A1092 Windmill Hill by Geographer


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