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{{about|the English village|other uses|Yoxford (disambiguation)}}
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{{Short description|Village in East Suffolk, England}}
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|population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11131097&c=Yoxford&d=16&e=62&g=6467313&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1442658218041&enc=1 |title=Parish population 2011 |accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref>
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'''Yoxford''' is a village in [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]], England close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), [[Aldeburgh]] and [[Southwold]]. It is also known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]] opera.
'''Yoxford''' is a village in [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]], England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), [[Aldeburgh]] and [[Southwold]]. It is known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a [[Benjamin Britten|Britten]] opera.

The name 'Yoxford' comes from [[Old English]] ''geoc-ford'' meaning 'yoke ford' probably indicating that the [[ford (stream)|ford]] was wide enough for a [[yoke]] of [[oxen]] to pass through.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Suffolk/Yoxford|title=Key to English Place-names}}</ref>


==Location and governance==
==Location and governance==
Yoxford, some {{convert|94|mi}} north-east of London and {{convert|25|mi}} north-east of Ipswich, is surrounded by the parkland of three country houses, in an area known as the "Garden of Suffolk". It takes its name from a [[Ford (crossing)|ford]] across the nearby [[River Yox]], where [[oxen]] could pass. The village includes the junction of the [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12 trunk road]] and the [[A1120 road|A1120]].
Yoxford, some {{convert|94|mi}} north-east of London and {{convert|25|mi}} north-east of Ipswich, is surrounded by the parkland of three country houses, in an area known as the Garden of Suffolk. It takes its name from a [[Ford (crossing)|ford]] across the nearby [[River Yox]], where [[oxen]] could pass. The village includes the junction of the [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12 trunk road]] and the [[A1120 road|A1120]].


An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] bears the same name. This stretches east to the sea, with a total population at the 2011 census of 1,901.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/yoxford-e05007227#sthash.cBJ4jTv2.dpbs |title=Ward population 2011 |accessdate=19 September 2015}}</ref> The village belongs to the district of [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]].
Before 1 April 2019, its [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] in the Suffolk Coastal district bore the same name, but the village is now within the enlarged ward of Yoxford and Kelsale, in the [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk district]]. At the 2011 census, the previous ward's population was 1901.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/yoxford-e05007227#sthash.cBJ4jTv2.dpbs |title=Ward population 2011 |access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>


==Facilities and sights==
==Facilities and sights==
The Church of St Peter has a 15th-century [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular-style]] exterior, but is mainly Victorian inside. However, it possesses a number of 15th–17th-century monumental brasses, which are displayed on the walls, the finely carved font dates from the early 15th century, and the pulpit from the 17th century.<ref>[http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/suffolk/churches/yoxford.htm Britain Express. Retrieved 29 November 2017.]</ref>
The Church of St Peter has a 15th-century [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular-style]] exterior, but is mainly Victorian inside. However, it possesses a number of 15th–17th-century [[monumental brass]]es, which are displayed on the walls. The finely carved font dates from the early 15th century and the pulpit from the 17th century.<ref>[http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/suffolk/churches/yoxford.htm Britain Express. Retrieved 29 November 2017.]</ref>


The church parish belongs to the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. Up to about 1830, the village came under the [[Blything Hundred]].
The church parish belongs to the [[Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich]]. Up to about 1830, the village came under the [[Blything Hundred]].
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[[Benjamin Britten]] and librettist [[Eric Crozier]] are believed to have adapted the name of Yoxford to create the fictional town of Loxford, which provides the setting for Britten's opera, ''[[Albert Herring]]''.
[[Benjamin Britten]] and librettist [[Eric Crozier]] are believed to have adapted the name of Yoxford to create the fictional town of Loxford, which provides the setting for Britten's opera, ''[[Albert Herring]]''.

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Every year on the first Sunday after Easter, a competition is held for eating [[head cheese|brawn]], known locally as pork cheese. A Brawn Queen is picked from the village and her first ceremonial task as Queen is to cut the cheese.<ref>[https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Yoxford Family Pedia Yoxford. Retrieved 30 August 2020.]</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Yoxford and Peasenhall Primary School caters for children aged 3–11. The school has an Early Year Centre purpose-built for pupils aged from 3–6. The school works in partnership with Middleton Primary School in [[Middleton, Suffolk]] and Southwold Primary School in [[Southwold, Suffolk]], the three making up Yox Valley Partnership of Schools.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yoxvalleypartnership.org |title=Yox Valley Partnership of Schools |accessdate=26 March 2019}}</ref>
Yoxford and Peasenhall Primary School caters for children aged 3–11. The school has an Early Year Centre, purpose-built for pupils aged from 3–6. The school works in partnership with Middleton Primary School in [[Middleton, Suffolk]] and Southwold Primary School in [[Southwold, Suffolk]], the three making up Yox Valley Partnership of Schools.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yoxvalleypartnership.org |title=Yox Valley Partnership of Schools |access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref>


==Hospitality==
==Hospitality==
Yoxford's two pubs are the ''Griffin Inn'', a medieval house that reopened in 2013, and ''The King's Head''. The ''Griffin Inn'' offers accommodation, as does the 18th-century Satis House. This is sometimes described wrongly as the original for the Satis House in [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Great Expectations]]''. In fact the book describes [[Restoration House]] in [[Rochester, Kent]], referred to as ''satis'' by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]]. Yoxford's Satis House was known as plain Yoxford House until well after the novel appeared, as old [[Ordnance Survey]] maps confirm.
Yoxford's two pubs are the ''Griffin Inn'', a medieval house that reopened in 2013, and ''The King's Head''. The ''Griffin Inn'' offers accommodation, as does the 18th-century Satis House. This is sometimes described wrongly as the original for the Satis House in [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Great Expectations]]''. In fact the book describes [[Restoration House]] in [[Rochester, Kent]], referred to as ''satis'' by Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]]. Yoxford's Satis House was known as plain Yoxford House until well after the novel appeared, as old [[Ordnance Survey]] maps confirm.

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Every year on the first Sunday after Easter, a competition is held for eating [[head cheese|brawn]], known locally as pork cheese. A Brawn Queen is picked from the village and her first ceremonial task as Queen is to cut the cheese.<ref>Anthony Poulton-Smith, ''Origins of English Pub Names...'' (Apex eBook, Clacton on Sea, 2018); book form self-published, 2018, p. 23. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6S5iDwAAQBAJ&dq=Yoxford+Brawn+Queenj&pg=PT38 Retrieved 31 August 2020.]</ref>{{Self-published source|date=August 2020}}{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}


==Public transport==
==Public transport==
The village is served by [[Darsham railway station]] on the [[East Suffolk Line]], one mile (1.6 km) away. The line offers hourly weekday services (two-hourly on Sundays) between [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]], with connections to London, and [[Lowestoft railway station|Lowestoft]], with connections to Norwich. It is also served by four weekday buses a day between [[Aldeburgh]] and [[Halesworth]] and a once-daily Monday-to-Friday service between [[Leiston]] and [[Framlingham]]. There is also demand-responsive transport for disabled passengers.<ref>Bus times [https://bustimes.org.uk/localities/yoxford Retrieved 30 August 2020.]</ref>
The village is served by [[Darsham railway station]] on the [[East Suffolk Line]], one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) away. The line offers hourly weekday services (two-hourly on Sundays) between [[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich]], with connections to London, and [[Lowestoft railway station|Lowestoft]], with connections to Norwich. It is also served by four weekday buses a day between [[Aldeburgh]] and [[Halesworth]] and a once-daily Monday-to-Friday service between [[Leiston]] and [[Framlingham]]. There is also demand-responsive transport for disabled passengers.<ref>Bus times [https://bustimes.org.uk/localities/yoxford Retrieved 30 August 2020.]</ref>

==Notable residents==
In order of birth:
*[[Arthur Hopton (1488–1555)|Arthur Hopton]] (1488–1555), knight, landowner, [[Magistrate (England and Wales)|magistrate]], and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Suffolk]]
*[[Owen Hopton]] (c. 1519–1595), provincial landowner, [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Suffolk]], [[Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)|Middlesex]], and [[Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)|Arundel]], and [[Lieutenant of the Tower of London]] from c. 1570 to 1590
*[[Lady Katherine Grey]] (1540–1568), granddaughter of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s sister [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]], she emerged as a prospective successor to her cousin, [[Elizabeth I of England]].
*[[Robert Hopton (died 1590)|Robert Hopton]] (died 1590), [[Knight Marshal]] of the Household, and English [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Mitchell (UK Parliament constituency)|Mitchell]]
*[[Robert Brooke (MP for Dunwich)|Robert Brooke]] (1572–1646), landowner, magistrate, commissioner and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunwich]]
*[[Elizabeth Brooke (writer)|Elizabeth Brooke]] (1601–1683), religious writer and landowner
*[[John Eachard]] (c. 1636–1697), [[Anglicanism#Anglican divines|divine]] and [[satirist]]
*[[Robert Brooke (died 1669)|Robert Brooke]] (1637–1669), landowner, magistrate, commissioner, military officer, knight and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Aldeburgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Aldeburgh]]
*[[Sir Charles Blois, 1st Baronet]] (1657–1738), politician, landowner and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)|Ipswich]] and [[Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunwich]]
*[[Ann Candler]] (1740–1814), poet known as "The Suffolk Cottager"
*[[David Elisha Davy]] (1769–1851), antiquary and collector
*[[James Allen Ransome]] (1806–1875), agricultural tool-maker and writer
*[[Arthur Birch (colonial administrator)|Sir Arthur Birch]] (1837–1914), [[Lieutenant Governor|Lieutenant]] [[Governor of Ceylon]], [[Chief Secretary (British Empire)|Colonial Secretary]] for Ceylon and acting Lieutenant [[Governor of Penang]] and [[Province Wellesley]]
*[[William R. Symonds]] (1851–1934), painter
*[[Samuel Lomax]] (1855–1915), British Army officer who commanded the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|1st Division]] as [[Lieutenant General]]
*[[Day Joyce Sheet|Day Joyce]] (1905–1975), nurse and prisoner of war
*[[Flavia Blois]] (1914–1980), landscape artist


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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This article is about the English village. For other uses, see Yoxford (disambiguation).

Yoxford
St Peter's Church, Yoxford
Yoxford is located in Suffolk
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Location within Suffolk
Population726 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTM396687
• London94 miles (151 km)
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Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSaxmundham
Postcode districtIP17
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52°15′50″N 1°30′32″E / 52.264°N 1.509°E / 52.264; 1.509

Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold. It is known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a Britten opera.

The name 'Yoxford' comes from Old English geoc-ford meaning 'yoke ford' probably indicating that the ford was wide enough for a yoke of oxen to pass through.[2]

Location and governance[edit]

Yoxford, some 94 miles (151 km) north-east of London and 25 miles (40 km) north-east of Ipswich, is surrounded by the parkland of three country houses, in an area known as the Garden of Suffolk. It takes its name from a ford across the nearby River Yox, where oxen could pass. The village includes the junction of the A12 trunk road and the A1120.

Before 1 April 2019, its electoral ward in the Suffolk Coastal district bore the same name, but the village is now within the enlarged ward of Yoxford and Kelsale, in the East Suffolk district. At the 2011 census, the previous ward's population was 1901.[3]

Facilities and sights[edit]

The Church of St Peter has a 15th-century Perpendicular-style exterior, but is mainly Victorian inside. However, it possesses a number of 15th–17th-century monumental brasses, which are displayed on the walls. The finely carved font dates from the early 15th century and the pulpit from the 17th century.[4]

The church parish belongs to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Up to about 1830, the village came under the Blything Hundred.

Yoxford village sign

On the edge of the village is Cockfield Hall, once the old home of the Blois family. The village is known for its antique shops. It also has a general store, a restaurant and a village hall.

Benjamin Britten and librettist Eric Crozier are believed to have adapted the name of Yoxford to create the fictional town of Loxford, which provides the setting for Britten's opera, Albert Herring.

Education[edit]

Yoxford and Peasenhall Primary School caters for children aged 3–11. The school has an Early Year Centre, purpose-built for pupils aged from 3–6. The school works in partnership with Middleton Primary School in Middleton, Suffolk and Southwold Primary School in Southwold, Suffolk, the three making up Yox Valley Partnership of Schools.[5]

Hospitality[edit]

Yoxford's two pubs are the Griffin Inn, a medieval house that reopened in 2013, and The King's Head. The Griffin Inn offers accommodation, as does the 18th-century Satis House. This is sometimes described wrongly as the original for the Satis House in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. In fact the book describes Restoration House in Rochester, Kent, referred to as satis by Queen Elizabeth I of England. Yoxford's Satis House was known as plain Yoxford House until well after the novel appeared, as old Ordnance Survey maps confirm.

Every year on the first Sunday after Easter, a competition is held for eating brawn, known locally as pork cheese. A Brawn Queen is picked from the village and her first ceremonial task as Queen is to cut the cheese.[6][self-published source][citation needed]

Public transport[edit]

The village is served by Darsham railway station on the East Suffolk Line, one mile (1.6 km) away. The line offers hourly weekday services (two-hourly on Sundays) between Ipswich, with connections to London, and Lowestoft, with connections to Norwich. It is also served by four weekday buses a day between Aldeburgh and Halesworth and a once-daily Monday-to-Friday service between Leiston and Framlingham. There is also demand-responsive transport for disabled passengers.[7]

Notable residents[edit]

In order of birth:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  3. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ Britain Express. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Yox Valley Partnership of Schools". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  6. ^ Anthony Poulton-Smith, Origins of English Pub Names... (Apex eBook, Clacton on Sea, 2018); book form self-published, 2018, p. 23. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ^ Bus times Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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