Layham

Layham
Layham  Layham shown within Suffolk
Population	589 (2011)[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP7 5
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°01′41″N 0°57′58″E / 52.028°N 0.966°E

St.Andrew's

Layham is a small village and a civil parish in southern Suffolk, England, situated between the town of Hadleigh and the neighbouring village of Raydon.

The civil parish contains the villages of Upper Layham and Lower Layham, separated by the River Brett. It is part of the Babergh district^[2] and it is currently represented by Tim Yeo M.P.

It has a church, St Andrews,^[3] and a public house, The Queen's Head, which are both situated in Lower Layham. More information on these and other aspects of Layham appear on the Parish Council's web site.^[4]

History

Layham is mentioned in the Little Domesday book.

"Æelfnoth held Layham from Harold TRE^[5] as a manor with three carucates of land. Then as now 4 villans and 7 bordars. Then five slaves now six. Then as now 2 ploughs in demesne and two ploughs belonging to the men. Eleven acres of meadow, one horse, fifteen head of cattle, fifteen pigs, 100 sheep and nineteen goats. Then it was worth seventy shillings now 100 shillings. It is half a league long and a half broad four and a half pennies in geld. St Edmund had the soke."^[6]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. Babergh District Council
3. Guide to St Andrew Church
4. Layham Parish Council web site
5. TRE in Latin is Tempore Regis Edwardi. This means in the time of King Edward before the Battle of Hastings.
6. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1290

External links

Media related to Layham at Wikimedia Commons