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Bentley, Suffolk

Village in Suffolk, England

Summary

Village in Suffolk, England

FieldValue
official_nameBentley
static_image_nameSt Mary Bentley (geograph 3680096).jpg
static_image_captionSt Mary's parish church
coordinates
os_grid_referenceTM1136
population776
population_ref(2011 Census)
civil_parishBentley
shire_districtBabergh
area_total_km210.89
shire_countySuffolk
regionEast of England
countryEngland
post_townIpswich
postcode_areaIP
postcode_districtIP9
dial_code01473
websiteBentley Village in Suffolk
mapframeyes
mapframe-pointnone

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Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, about 6 mi southwest of Ipswich. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 776.

Bentley has a Church of England parish church, a Reformed Baptist church, a Church of England primary school, a pub, a Village Hall and a riding school. A community owned village shop opened in the summer of 2016.

Bentley has a parish council. It also had a forum called Bentley Free Speech that commented on matters relating to the parish council and other village issues. There was also an alternative news site called Bentley News, which was managed by a local resident.

The Eastern Union Railway was built through the parish and opened on 15 July 1846. Bentley railway station was about 1/2 mi east of the village, and served the area until British Railways closed it in 1966. The station was a junction between 1847 and 1965 for the Hadleigh branch line. The branch line also had a short-lived station called Bentley Church (1847-1853).

The main line railway is now (2016) known as the Great Eastern Main Line.

References

References

  1. "Area: Bentley (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". [[Office for National Statistics]].
  2. Archbishops' Council. (2015). "St Mary Bentley, Bentley". [[Church of England]].
  3. "Bentley Reformed Baptist Church".
  4. "Bentley CEVC Primary School".
  5. [http://www.thecasepubbentley.co.uk/ The Case is Altered]
  6. [http://www.krpa.co.uk/village-hall Bentley Village Hall (Suffolk)] {{Webarchive. link. (20 December 2016 is the main Hub of the village activities)
  7. [http://www.bentleyridingschool.com/ Bentley Riding School]
  8. [http://www.bentleystores.co.uk/ Bentley Stores]
  9. [http://www.bentleypc.onesuffolk.net Bentley Parish Council]
  10. [http://bentleyfreespeech.freeforums.org Bentley Free Speech]
  11. "Bentley News".
  12. Mitchell, Vic. (June 2011). "Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh". Middleton Press.
  13. (January 2000). "Brassey, Bruff, Locke and the Norwich Extension". Great Eastern Journal.
  14. (1987). "East Anglia's first railways". Terence Dalton Limited.
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