Bentley, Suffolk

Not to be confused with Great Bentley.
Bentley
St Mary's parish church
Bentley
Location within Suffolk
Population776 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference[TM1136 TM1136]
Civil parish
  • Bentley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIpswich
Postcode districtIP9
Dialling code01473
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
WebsiteBentley Village in Suffolk

Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Ipswich. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 776.[1]

Bentley has a parish council[2] and a local news site called Bentley News [3] which is managed by a local resident.

Bentley has a Church of England parish church,[4] a Reformed Baptist church,[5] a Church of England primary school,[6] a pub,[7] a Village Hall[8] and a riding school.[9] A community owned village shop opened in the summer of 2016.[10]

The Eastern Union Railway was built through the parish and opened on 15 July 1846. Bentley railway station was about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) east of the village, and served the area until British Railways closed it in 1966. The station was a junction between 1847 and 1965 for the Hadleigh branch line.[11] The branch line also had a short-lived station called Bentley Church (1847-1853).[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Bentley (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bentley Parish Council". Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ↑ "Bentley News". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  4. ↑ Archbishops' Council (2015). "St Mary Bentley, Bentley". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Bentley Reformed Baptist Church". Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  6. ↑ "Bentley CEVC Primary School". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  7. ↑ The Case is Altered
  8. ↑ Bentley Village Hall (Suffolk) Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine is the main Hub of the village activities
  9. ↑ Bentley Riding School
  10. ↑ Bentley Stores
  11. ↑ Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Historical Background. ISBN 978-1-908174-02-4.
  12. ↑ Richard S, Joby (January 2000). "Brassey, Bruff, Locke and the Norwich Extension". Great Eastern Journal. 101: 26.
  13. ↑ Moffat, Hugh (1987). East Anglia's first railways. Lavenham: Terence Dalton Limited. pp. 176–180. ISBN 0-86138-038-X.

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