Hazlewood or Haslewood[1] is a former civil parish now in the parishes of Aldeburgh and Friston, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 177.[2] It once has a church called St Mary but it was in ruins by 1600.[3] Aldeburgh Golf course was in the parish.[4]

Hazlewood
Hazlewood is located in Suffolk
Hazlewood
Hazlewood
Location within Suffolk
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°10′32″N 1°34′43″E / 52.175546°N 1.5785201°E / 52.175546; 1.5785201

History

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The name "Hazlewood" means 'Hazel wood'.[5] Hazlewood was a chapelry, it became a civil parish in 1866, on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged into Aldeburgh and Friston.[6]

Hazlewood was in Plomesgate hundred, from 1894 until the parish's abolition in 1934 Hazlewood was in Plomesgate Rural District in the administrative county of East Suffolk. The part that went to Aldeburgh became part of the existing municipal borough of Aldeburgh while the Friston part became part of Blyth Rural District. The entire area became part of Suffolk Coastal district in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk in 1974, in 2019 the area became part of East Suffolk district.

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References

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  1. ^ "Hazlewood". GENUKI. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Population statistics Hazlewood CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Hazlewood Church". Heritage Suffolk. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Hazlewood" (PDF). Heritage Suffolk. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Hazlewood Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Relationships and changes Hazlewood CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2020.