Reydon

Reydon
Reydon is located in Suffolk
Reydon
Reydon
Location within Suffolk
Population2,582 (2011)
OS grid referenceTM499774
Civil parish
  • Reydon
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSOUTHWOLD
Postcode districtIP18
Dialling code01502
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
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52°20′15″N 1°40′10″E / 52.3376°N 1.6695°E / 52.3376; 1.6695

Reydon is a village and civil parish, 1.0 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Southwold and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-east of Wangford, in the East Suffolk district and the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England. Its population of 2,567 in 2001 including Easton Bavents[1] eased up to 2,582 at the 2011 Census,[2] and was estimated at 2,772 in 2018.[3] The name probably means Rye Hill, Rey meaning rye and -don being an old word for hill or rise).[4] The village is close to the cliffs at Easton Bavents, a village now much eroded. Both were established before neighbouring Southwold. The parish church is St Margaret of Antioch.[5] The parish of Easton Bavents was merged with Reydon in 1987, when part of Southwold was also transferred.[6]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Waveney Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ^ City Population site. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ East Anglian Daily Times, 20 October 2007, p. 37.
  5. ^ The Suffolk Churches Site. Retrieved 26 January 2009
  6. ^ "The Waveney (Parishes) Order 1987" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 17 January 2020.