Cretingham

Coordinates: 52°07′N 1°10′E / 52.11°N 1.16°E / 52.11; 1.16

Cretingham
Cretingham  Cretingham shown within Suffolk
Population	200
OS grid reference	TM2260
Parish	Cretingham
District	Suffolk Coastal
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOODBRIDGE
Postcode district	IP13
Dialling code	01728
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Cretingham is a village and a civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal District, in the English county of Suffolk. It is on the River Deben, 2 miles south off the A1120 road. It is four miles west from Framlingham and eight miles northwest from Woodbridge.

Location

It is based on a crossroad, The Street (north-south) and Framsden Road (west) and Brandeston Road (east).

Located in the old Hundred of Loes (hundred) and Domesday's name of Gretingeham" or "Gretingaham".

St Peter's church is half the way up the north part of The Street.

History

During renovation work on a hunting lodge near Aldeburgh in 1996, a carpenter uncovered a plank of wood revealing a chilling penciled message: "A fearful murder was committed the first day of this month (October 1887) at Cretingham. A curate cut the vicars throat at 12 oclock at night." Shiela Hardy wrote a book about it (ISBN 9780752448954)

The old Bell Inn is now a dwelling called Dial House. The new Bell pub opened in 1967 located at the crossroads and dates from 1620s and was formerly four cottages.

Cretingham Primary School closed in the early 1960s (Miss Last being the last teacher).

Present day

Cretingham has a pub, a church and a golf course (to the northeast of the village).

Several farms in the area, Bungalow Farm in the southwest, Corner Farm in the southeast, Duck's Farm to the west and Rookery Farm and Manor Farm to the north.

External links

• St Peter's Church
• Golf Club
• Cretingham Bell Inn
• Suffolk CAMRA

References

Coordinates: 52°11′N 1°16′E / 52.183°N 1.267°E / 52.183; 1.267