Population 344 2011 Census Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Friday 8:44 PM Post town Saxmundham | Civil parish Friston Country England Postcode district IP17 Shire county Suffolk | |
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Friston is a village in Suffolk, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Saxmundham, its post town, and 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Aldeburgh. The River Alde bounds the village on the south. The surrounding land is chiefly arable. The soil becomes partly marshy in the lower grounds. The village is noted for its early nineteenth century post mill. It is located next to the village of Knodishall.
Map of Friston, Saxmundham, UK
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Frisetuna and seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Frīsa tūn = "the farmstead of the Frisians"; some of them may have come with the Angles and Saxons.
In 1887, John Bartholomew described Friston as:
Friston, par. and vil., E. Suffolk, 3 miles SE. of Saxmundham, 1846 ac., pop. 385; P.O.; in NW. vicinity of vil. is Friston Hall.
According to the 2011 census the parishes male population was 164 and the female population was 180.