Lavenham
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 6 ′ N , 0 ° 48 ′ E | ||
| OS National Grid | TL915491 | ||
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| Residents | 1750 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Post town | SUDBURY | ||
| ZIP code section | CO10 | ||
| prefix | 01787 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East of England | ||
| Shire county | Suffolk | ||
| District | Babergh | ||
| Civil Parish | Lavenham | ||
Lavenham is a market town of 1738 in Suffolk , part of East Anglia , the English peninsula between the Thames estuary in the south and The Wash in the north.
The place is known for its half-timbered architecture and for its magnificent late Gothic parish church, which was completed around 1530 . Like the guild house of the wool merchants, this was built in the Tudor period, when the place and the whole region became very prosperous through the wool trade. Since it was financed with income from this trade, the church is also counted among the Wool Churches .
"Wollkirche" St. Peter and Paul, in Lavenham
Half-timbered houses from the Tudor period
