Dallinghoo
{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2008}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Dallinghoo
| country= England
| region= East of England
|constituency_westminster = Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
|shire_district = East Suffolk
| os_grid_reference=
| coordinates = {{coord|52.146|1.312|display=inline,title}}
| population= 171
| post_town= Woodbridge
| postcode_area= IP
| postcode_district= IP13
| dial_code= 01728
| shire_county= Suffolk
| hide_services= Yes
| static_image = St. Mary's church at Dallinghoo - geograph.org.uk - 330680.jpg
| static_image_caption= St. Mary's church, Dallinghoo
}}
Dallinghoo is a village and civil parish about {{convert | 3 | mi | 0 | spell = in }} north of Woodbridge, East Suffolk, Suffolk, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 171.
History
On 1 April 1985, the separate parish of Dallinghoo Wield (which covered just 38 acres and was uninhabited) was merged with Dallinghoo parish. Prior to merger, Dallinghoo Wield was claimed to be the smallest civil parish in England.{{Cite web |last=Keith |first=Spicer |title=Dallinghoo History |url=https://www.dallinghoo.org.uk/our-village/history-2/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Dallinghoo Parish Website}}
Location
Dallinghoo is formed from Church Road to the west, Pound Hill to the south and branches northeast after the centre of the village. Dallinghoo Village Hall is on Church Road near its junction with Pound Hill, a little north of the village at {{coord | 52.1464 | 1.3124 | display=inline}}.
Buildings
Dallinghoo's church was originally a large building with a central tower but the chancel has since been destroyed.{{cite web | url = http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/dallinghoo.html | title = St Mary, Dallinghoo | website = The Suffolk churches site | access-date = 2018-06-21 }} The Church also had connections with nearby Letheringham Abbey.
People
Dallinghoo is the birthplace of Francis Light, founder of Penang in Malaysia and father of William Light, the founder of Adelaide in Australia.{{cite book | last = Steuart | first = A. Francis | title = A Short Sketch of the Lives of Francis and William Light | publisher = Sampson Low, Marston and Company | date = 1901 | location = London | pages = [https://archive.org/details/ashortsketchliv00steugoog/page/n24 4] | url = https://archive.org/details/ashortsketchliv00steugoog}}
Press
Dallinghoo was featured in the press in 2009 after £500,000 worth of Iceni gold coins were found in a field.{{cite news | title = Iceni coins worth £500,000 found | publisher = BBC News Online | date = 2009-01-19 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/7838892.stm | access-date = 2018-06-21}}
References
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External links
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- [http://suffolk.activeboard.com/t15731279/dallinghoo/ Photos of Dallinghoo]
- [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/dallinghoo.html St. Mary Church, of Dallinghoo]
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Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk
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