Cransford
| Cransford | |
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_St_Peter%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_68587.jpg) St Peter's parish church | |
  Cransford Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 162 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Cransford is a village and a civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The civil parish had a population at the 2011 census of 162.[1]
It is near the small town of Framlingham.
Cransford has two places of worship. The mediaeval parish church of St Peter was restored in 1864 and 1874 and is a Grade II* listed building.[2]
Notable residents
[edit]- Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1877–1947), electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician including Member of Parliament for Altrincham and for Ilford.
- Peter Hartley (1909–1994), clergyman and Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1970 to 1975.
- Sir George Leman Tuthill (1772–1835), physician, fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians.
References
[edit]- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1183119)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
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