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Spexhall

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Population
  
192 (2011)

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Halesworth

Dialling code
  
01986

District
  
Waveney

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
IP19 0

Shire county
  
Suffolk

UK parliament constituency
  
Suffolk Coastal

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Spexhall is a village and civil parish in the north-east of the English county of Suffolk. The village, which is dispersed in nature, is around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the market town of Halesworth and 7 miles (11 km) south of Bungay in the Waveney district. It has few basic services, including a village hall and a parish church, which was originally built as a cell of Rumburgh Priory. The A144 road runs through the parish following the route of the Roman Stone Street. The population in 2011 was 192.

Map of Spexhall, Halesworth, UK

This description of Spexhall was written in the late nineteenth century:

SPEXHALL, a parish in Blything district, Suffolk; 2 miles NNW of Halesworth r. station. Post town, Halesworth. Acres, 1,484. Real property, £2,311. Pop., 181. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £277.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. Charities, £15.

References

Spexhall Wikipedia