Bentley
St Mary's parish church
Bentley is located in Suffolk
Bentley
Bentley
Location within Suffolk
Area10.89 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population776 (2011 Census)
• Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM1136
Civil parish
  • Bentley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townIpswich
Postcode districtIP9
Dialling code01473
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
WebsiteBentley Village in Suffolk

Bentley is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Ipswich. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 776.[1]

Bentley has a Church of England parish church,[2] a Reformed Baptist church,[3] a Church of England primary school,[4] a pub,[5] a Village Hall[6] and a riding school.[7] A community owned village shop opened in the summer of 2016.[8]

Bentley has a parish council.[9] It has also a forum called Bentley Free Speech [10] that comments on matters relating to the parish council and other village issues. There also an alternative news site called Bentley News,[11] which is managed by a local resident.

The Eastern Union Railway was built through the parish and opened on 15 July 1846. Bentley railway station was about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) east of the village, and served the area until British Railways closed it in 1966. The station was a junction between 1847 and 1965 for the Hadleigh branch line.[12] The branch line also had a short-lived station called Bentley Church (1847-1853).[13][14]

The main line railway is now (2016) known as the Great Eastern Main Line.

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Bentley (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Archbishops' Council (2015). "St Mary Bentley, Bentley". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Bentley Reformed Baptist Church
  4. ↑ "Bentley CEVC Primary School". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ↑ The Case is Altered
  6. ↑ Bentley Village Hall (Suffolk) Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine is the main Hub of the village activities
  7. ↑ Bentley Riding School
  8. ↑ Bentley Stores
  9. ↑ Bentley Parish Council
  10. ↑ [http://bentleyfreespeech.freeforums.org Bentley Free Speech]
  11. ↑ "Bentley News". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Mitchell, Vic (June 2011). Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Historical Background. ISBN 978-1-908174-02-4.
  13. ↑ Richard S, Joby (January 2000). "Brassey, Bruff, Locke and the Norwich Extension". Great Eastern Journal. 101: 26.
  14. ↑ Moffat, Hugh (1987). East Anglia's first railways. Lavenham: Terence Dalton Limited. pp. 176–180. ISBN 0-86138-038-X.
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