Levington

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Levington

| country= England

| region= East of England

| os_grid_reference= TM220403

| coordinates = {{coord|52|00|22|N|1|15|09|E|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city}}

| population_ref= 259 (2011){{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125574&c=IP10+0EL&d=16&e=62&g=6467156&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1442399491301&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=16 September 2015}}

| post_town= IPSWICH

| postcode_area= IP

| postcode_district= IP10

| dial_code= 01473

| shire_county= Suffolk

| shire_district= East Suffolk

| hide_services= Yes

| static_image_name= Levington village sign.jpg

| static_image_width=

| static_image_caption= Levington Village Sign, Suffolk

}}

Levington is a small village in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The population of the parish including Stratton Hall at the 2011 Census was 259. It was located in Colneis Hundred.John Blatchly, John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004) {{ISBN|978-1-84383-051-1}}{{rp|130}}

History

Levington has a church called St Peter's Church and a pub. It is near the large town of Ipswich and the village of Nacton. A Viking ship was once found in Levington.{{citation needed|reason=There are no public records of the discovery of a viking ship found in Levington|date=September 2016}}

Roger Bigod of Norfolk was the main tenant in chief of the manor in 1086 and it is likely that his descendants the Earls of Norfolk held the manor. The manor had 14 households in 1086 which would amount to between 56 and 70 people living there. Sir Robert Hitcham (1572? – 1636), Member of Parliament, Attorney-General to Anne of Denmark Queen Consort to James I, and one-time owner of Framlingham Castle was born in the village. He bequeathed the castle to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he had been educated, on his death.

Geography

The village is widely known for the Levington Research Station, built by Fisons in 1957. The fertiliser factory of Fisons was at Bramford, west of Ipswich. The site was well known for developing Levington Compost in the 1960s.

References

220px

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100814175152/http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/Villageofthemonth/Levington.htm Village of the month]

Category:Villages in Suffolk

Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk