| Friston | |
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 St Mary Magdalene Church, Friston | |
  Friston Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 344 (2011 Census) |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SAXMUNDHAM |
| Postcode district | IP17 |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | www |
Friston is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Saxmundham, its post town, and 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Aldeburgh. The River Alde bounds the village on the south. The surrounding land is chiefly arable. The soil becomes partly marshy in the lower grounds. The village is noted for its early nineteenth century post mill.[1] It is located next to the village of Knodishall. In 2011 the parish had a population of 344.
Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Frisetuna and seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Frīsa tūn = "the farmstead of the Frisians"; some of them may have come with the Angles and Saxons. An alternative name for the parish is Freston.[2]
In 1887, John Bartholomew described Friston as:
Friston, par. and vil., E. Suffolk, 3 miles SE. of Saxmundham, 1846 ac., pop. 385; P.O.; in NW. vicinity of vil. is Friston Hall.[3]
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1215741)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "Place names". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Bartholomew, John (1887). Gazetteer of the British Isles. Edinburgh: Bartholomew.