Church of St Peter in Thorington, Suffolk, England
Church of St Peter in Thorington, Suffolk, England

Thorington is a village and a civil parish in the hundred of Blything, in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located around 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of the town of Halesworth, immediately south of the village of Wenhaston. The A12 main road runs through the parish to the east of the village. Thorington Hall was demolished in 1949,[1] but The Round House, a listed gamekeeper's lodge for the Thorington Estate, survives.[2]

Church Farm Nature Reserve

Church Farm Marshes is a nature reserve located in the parish. It consists of an area of meadow and marshland 31 hectares (77 acres) in size along a tributary of the River Blyth.[3] The reserve is owned and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust and is designated as a County Wildlife Site.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Thorington Hall - England's Lost Country Houses
  2. ↑ British Listed Buildings - Thorington Round House
  3. 1 2 Church Farm, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2013-05-29.

52°18′45″N 1°32′56″E / 52.3125°N 1.5490°E / 52.3125; 1.5490

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