Freston | |
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Location within
Suffolk | |
Population | 120 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TM 17043 39037 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | IPSWICH |
Postcode district | IP9 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Freston is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001 the parish had a population of 122, [1] reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census. [2]
Freston is notable as the location of the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1910. The centre of the outbreak was Latimer Cottages, where it is thought plague-bearing rats may have come ashore with smuggled goods. [3] [4] However, the diagnosis of plague has been disputed. [5]
For transport there is the B1456 road nearby.
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