Holbrook, Suffolk: Difference between revisions

| postcode_district= IP9 2

| shire_district= [[Babergh District|Babergh]]

| population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124671&c=Holbrook&d=16&e=62&g=6465596&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1442056703811&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdateaccess-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>

|static_imagestatic_image_name = [[File:All Saints, Holbrook - geograph.org.uk - 119720.jpg|240px]]

|static_image_caption= All Saints' Church, Holbrook

'''Holbrook''' is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|River Stour]] estuary, in [[Suffolk]], England. It is located on the [[Shotley peninsulaPeninsula]] in [[Babergh District|Babergh]] district, around {{convert|5|miles|0}} south of the centre of [[Ipswich]].

An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,467.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/holbrook-e05007089#sthash.EfGs6wY4.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdateaccess-date=12 September 2015}}</ref>

The village has twoone pubs,pub called the Swan (there was another pub called the Compasses but it closed during lockdown and thenever reopened) Swan, a [[East of England Co-operative Society|Co-op]] store, a newsagentbutcher, aan hairdresserart gallery,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallery.comehitherdesign.com/ |title=Home |website=gallery.comehitherdesign.com}}</ref> and a village hall.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://holbrook.suffolk.cloud/holbrook-parish-council/village-hall/ | title=Village Hall }}</ref> The area is served by a primary school and [[Holbrook High School (England)|Holbrook Academy]], which shares a site with the Peninsula SportsDr Letman Centre. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/holbrook.html|title=Suffolk Churches|publisher=suffolkchurches.co.uk|accessdateaccess-date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101193727-church-of-all-saints-holbrook#.WPzrZ9Lyu1g|title=Church of All Saints, Holbrook, Suffolk|first=Good|last=Stuff|publisher=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|accessdateaccess-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> The village also has [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Methodist]] church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eamethodist.org.uk/holbrook.htm |title=Holbrook |publisher=eamethodist.org.uk |access-date= |accessdate=10 July 2013 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://archive.istoday/20130710221214/http://www.eamethodist.org.uk/holbrook.htm |archivedatearchive-date=10 July 2013 |df= }}</ref>

During the [[Battle of Britain]], a [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[military aircraft]] crashed into a field nearon the outskirts of the village. Contemporary newspaper accounts identified the aircraft as a [[Messerschmitt]]. Another account possibly shows it crashed into Holbrook Bay instead.<ref>{{citationCite web needed|date=July2004-02-02 2013|title=Historian in bomber appeal |url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21315670.historian-bomber-appeal/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=East Anglian Daily Times |language=en}}</ref>

{{Commons category|Holbrook, Suffolk|Holbrook}}

| accessdateaccess-date =1 May 2012}}

|accessdateaccess-date = 3 June 2012

|deadurlurl-status = yesdead

|archiveurlarchive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214030/http://www.geoeast.org.uk/geoimap/suffpdf/ptv_holbrook_bay_1a.pdf

|archivedatearchive-date = 3 March 2016

*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/Holbrook/ Holbrook, Suffolk at genuki]

[[Category:Babergh District]]