Little Thurlow | |
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Little Thurlow shown within Suffolk
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Population | 249 (2011 Census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
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Little Thurlow is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around a mile north-east of sister village Great Thurlow, and four miles north of Haverhill.
Little Thurlow is roughly 15 miles (24 km) east of Cambridge and on the B1061. It has a few houses and is surrounded by farmland and rural areas.
The nearest school is located just down the road in Thurlow, and it is a CEVC Primary school.
Little Thurlow is surrounded by wealthy estates and manors with Clare Castle Country Parks located 6 miles away, Kentwell Hall and Gardens 11 miles away, and Hedingham Castle also 11 miles away.
In the 1870s, Little Thurlow was described as:
a parish, with a village, in Risbridge district, Suffolk; 4½ miles N of Haverhill r. station. It has a post-office under Newmarket. Acres, 1,470. Real property, £2,630. Pop., 369. Houses, 95. T. Hall is the seat of Mrs. Soame. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely.
Little Thurlow has always had a history of agricultural employment, as well as specialist occupations such as blacksmiths and tailors in 1881. At this time, the majority of the people employed were men, apart from in domestic services. The men worked in a wide variety of jobs from general labour to agriculture, and the local government, as well as many more. Approximately 50 women were shown to have no specified occupation, however, this could mean that they were just not registered in their job or worked in their own profession
Little Thurlow and its nearby village Great Thurlow have been linked for many centuries through wealthy estate owners. One family that was very influential in the shaping of Little Thurlow as well as its nearby villages was that of the Soame family. Their first involvement within the area was in 1542 and their first manor house was prominent from then, up until 1809 when it burnt down. The family had interests in farming, coal mining and property. The Soame's property still remains as one was built and finished in 1849 to replace the burnt down one