OS grid reference TL699643 Post town NEWMARKET | Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Sunday 7:29 PM District Forest Heath | |
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Population 1,090 (2005)1,033 (2011) Weather 13°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Moulton suffolk 19th june 1994 part 1
Moulton is a village in the district of Forest Heath, Suffolk, England. It pre-dates the 1086 Domesday book and, in 2005, had a population of 1090.
Contents
- Moulton suffolk 19th june 1994 part 1
- Map of Moulton UK
- Moulton suffolk part 3
- John Gower connection
- References
Map of Moulton, UK
The village is older than the now larger town of Newmarket and includes a 15th-century packhorse bridge spanning the River Kennett. The bridge is a grade II* listed structure
Moulton also has a fine church, St. Peter's, with an early 14th-century tower topped by a gilded weather vane in the shape of a large pike by blacksmith Charles Poulter. Restored in 1851, it is a grade I listed building.
Moulton suffolk part 3
John Gower connection
In August 1382 John Gower purchased the manors of Feltwell in Norfolk and Multon in Suffolk. They were then granted to Thomas Blakelake, parson of St. Nicholas, Feltwell, and others, at a rent of forty pounds annually for his life.