Discover St Edmund's Suffolk: a guide to the county's less-known and ancient places

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Blythburgh Holy Trinity church

Blythburgh Holy Trinity

The A12’s bisection of Blythburgh could easily destroy any atmosphere this important village might retain. But walking down Church Road, a sense of expectation builds. Then the roar of traffic …

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Saxmundham Wodewose

Suffolk’s hairy wild men

A wodewose (derived from the Old English wudu – wood or forest) is a ‘wild man’; a hairy forest-dwelling embodiment of nature, closely linked in its symbolism to the green …

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Bramfield St Andrew round tower

Bramfield St Andrew’s

The flint round-towered churches of Suffolk are some of its most enigmatic and atmospheric. Sometimes remote and isolated, often hidden from view behind a screen of trees, these towers loom out …

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St Mary's church, Lidgate, Suffolk

Lidgate St Mary’s

At first glance, you might think St Mary’s at Lidgate is a fairly prosaic Suffolk parish church. Set back from the road at the end of a lane and accessed via …

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