Playford, Suffolk

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Playford
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latitude= 52.08609
longitude= 1.235
population = 220
shire_district= Suffolk Coastal
region= East of England
shire_county = Suffolk
constituency_westminster= Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
post_town= Ipswich
postcode_area= IP
postcode_district= IP6
dial_code= 01473
os_grid_reference= TM217480

Playford is a small village in Suffolk, England, on the outskirts of Ipswich. It has about 220 residents in 90 households. The River Fynn runs through the village, and many footpaths from Playford lead into the Fynn Valley. Villages nearby include Rushmere, Little Bealings, Great Bealings, Culpho and Grundisburgh. There are no pubs or shops in Playford, although it has a church (St Mary's) and a village hall.

Playford is perhaps most famous for being the burial place of Thomas Clarkson, one of the founding members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Clarkson rented Playford Hall around 1813 and lived there for about 30 years http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10655 Project Gutenberg - Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy ] .

Playford was also for some time the home of the astronomer, Sir George Biddell Airy.

External links

* [http://www.playford.org.uk/ The Playford Village web site]

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