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Oulton, Suffolk

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to the south. The graves contained the remains of men, women and children, as well as artefacts including small iron knives and silver pennies, wrist clasps, strings of amber and glass beads. According to Andrew Peachey, who carried out the excavations, the skeletons had mostly vanished because of
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was combined with Oulton at the 2011 census. The census does not report population figures for parishes where the population is small enough to potential identify individuals. The population of Flixton in 2005 was estimated to be around
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pattern and a low tower and retains a Norman doorway and 15th-century octagonal font. The church is the only Grade I listed building in the parish. Two commemorative brass plates, one of which was dedicated to the memory of
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In September 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery in the parish of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery with 17 cremations and 191 burials dating back to the 7th century, comparable to the date of
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is dedicated to St Michael. It dates from the 12th-century, although there may have been a church on the site at the time of the Domesday Book. It was built with a
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passes through the western part of the parish, running through areas of marshland near to the River Waveney. The nearest railway station is
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district. The eastern part of the parish forms part of the suburbs of Lowestoft, whilst the western section extends into
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the highly acidic soil. They, fortunately, were preserved as brittle shapes and "sand silhouettes" in the sand.
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The neighbouring area of Oulton Broad was once part of the parish, but became its own parish in 1904.
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the parish had an estimated population of 4,020. It borders the Suffolk parishes of
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and his wide Katherine, were stolen when the church was refurbished in 1857.
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The Anglo Saxon village of Dunestuna or Dunston, which is mentioned in the
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in Oulton, including a late 16th-century manor house. The
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Oulton is located in Suffolk
Suffolk
Density
OS grid reference
TM519943
District
East Suffolk
Shire county
Suffolk
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Lowestoft
Postcode district
NR32
Dialling code
UK Parliament
Waveney
UK
England
Suffolk
52°29′20″N 1°42′32″E / 52.489°N 1.709°E / 52.489; 1.709
civil parish
Lowestoft
English county
Suffolk

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