Ousden

Ousden
Ousden is located in Suffolk
Ousden
Ousden
Location within Suffolk
Population266 [1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewmarket
Postcode districtCB8
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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52°12′22″N 0°33′04″E / 52.206°N 0.551°E / 52.206; 0.551
St Peter's Church, Ousden

Ousden is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located around 6 miles (10 km) west of Bury St Edmunds and 72 miles (116 km) north of London, and as of 2011, its population is 266.[2] The village has an Anglican church of St Peter's and a chapel in the cemetery dedicated to St Barnabas.

In the 1870s, Ousden was described as:

"A village and a parish in the district of Newmarket and county of Suffolk. The village stands 1½ mile E of the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 4¾ S by W of Higham r. station, and 6½ E S E of Newmarket."[3]
  1. ^ "Ousden (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Ousden (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  3. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870–1872). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.