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unusual facts about West Suffolk


Thurston Community College

Constructed in the 1970s, it is the largest school in West Suffolk, with over 1,400 pupils aged 13–18 drawn from the local village and surrounding largely rural communities.


Belchamp Rural District

Originally, the rural district also contained part of the parish of Ballingdon, the rest of which was in West Suffolk.

Vicky Ford

She studied maths and economics at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she met her husband Hugo Ford, a cancer consultant at Addenbrookes, West Suffolk and Papworth Hospital, and they have three children.


see also

Hyde Parker

Sir Hyde Parker, 8th Baronet (1785–1856), Tory Member of Parliament for West Suffolk 1832–1835

John Wrawe

On 12 June, Wrawe attacked Sir Richard Lyons' property at Overhall, advancing on to the towns of Cavendish and Bury St Edmunds in west Suffolk the next day, gathering further support as they went.