Somerton, Suffolk

Somerton is a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England.

Somerton
St Margaret's Somerton
Somerton Location within Suffolk
Population	212 (2011)[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district	IP29
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk 52.144972°N 0.646219°E / 52.144972; 0.646219

Somerton is split into two smaller villages: Upper Somerton^[2] with a population of approximately 50 and Somerton with a population of about 20. Upper Somerton is at the top of one valley and has St. Margaret's Church, a phone box and post box. Somerton is at the bottom of the same valley and has only a post box.

The villages comprise rural houses and farms with some council houses. Its nearest villages are Hartest, Brockley and Hawkedon. There was once quite the rivalry between Hartest and Somerton, and a giant stone found in Somerton was stolen by Hartest and rolled down the valley where it still sits on their village green.^{[citation needed]}

The nearest town is Bury St Edmunds or Sudbury.

Notable residents

• Elsie Few (1909-1980), artist.
• Claude Rogers (1907-1979), painter, art teacher, a founding member of the Euston Road School and President of the London Group of British artists.

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. "St Margaret, Somerton". Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

External links

Media related to Somerton, Suffolk at Wikimedia Commons