Population 323 (2011) Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Suffolk Dialling code 01502 | OS grid reference TM404885 Country England Post town Beccles District Waveney UK parliament constituency Waveney | |
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Ringsfield hall presentation
Ringsfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Beccles in the District of Waveney. The mid-2005 population estimate for Ringsfield parish was 340, measured at 323 in the 2011 Census. The modern village is concentrated around Ringsfield Corner crossroads, about 1 mile (1½km) south of the parish church. Weston is 1 1⁄3 miles (2.1 km) to the east, Redisham 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south and Ilkesthall St Andrew 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west.
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Map of Ringsfield, UK
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints. The churchyard contains the grave and memorial of the American born Princess Caroline Murat (1833–1902), great niece of Napoleon Bonaparte and granddaughter of Joachim Murat, King of Naples. She lived and died at Redisham Hall after marrying John Lewis Garden, whose family seat it was. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
Redisham Hall, rebuilt in 1823 by John Garden to replace a previous Elizabethan house, is a Grade II listed building. located in 400 acres (1.6 km2) of parkland in Ringsfield parish, to the south-west of the village. It passed down in the Garden family to John Lewis Garden, a big game hunter and husband of Caroline Murat. Parts of the hall are now used as holiday cottages.
The village has a primary school, village hall and a public house but few other services remain.
A joint parish council covers Ringsfield and Weston.