West Stow

West Stow
West Stow is located in Suffolk
West Stow
West Stow
Location within Suffolk
Area21.29 km2 (8.22 sq mi) Includes Wordwell
Population174 (2011) including Wordwell[1]
• Density8/km2 (21/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTL820705
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBury St Edmunds
Postcode districtIP28
Dialling code01284
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°18′07″N 0°40′05″E / 52.302°N 0.668°E / 52.302; 0.668
Signpost in West Stow

West Stow is a small village and civil parish in West Suffolk, England. The village lies north of Bury St. Edmunds, south of Mildenhall and Thetford and west of the villages of Culford and Ingham in the area known as the Breckland. This area is located near the Lark River Valley and was settled from around AD 420–650. West Stow Hall is to the north of the village.

Its name may come from Anglo-Saxon wēste stōw = "deserted place", rather than "western place".

West Stow is home to the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village where visitors may see reconstructed Anglo-Saxon houses, and often living history re-enactments of early medieval life.

Fullers Mill Garden run by Perennial (Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society) is open to the public.[2]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – West Stow Parish (E04009358)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. ^ Fullers Mill Garden, accessed 21 October 2016