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  Blythburgh Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 297 [1] |
| OS grid reference | TM4575 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Halesworth |
| Postcode district | IP19 |
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Blythburgh /ˈblaɪðbərə/ is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Southwold and 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Halesworth and lies on the River Blyth. The A12 road runs through the village which is split either side of the road. At the 2011 census the population of the parish was 297. The parish includes the hamlets of Bulcamp and Hinton.
Blythburgh is best known for its church, Holy Trinity, known as the Cathedral of the Marshes. The church has been flood-lit since the 1960s and is a landmark for travellers on the A12. The village is the site of Blythburgh Priory which was founded by Augustine monks from St Osyth's Priory in Essex in the 12th century.[2][3] The priory was suppressed in 1537 and ruins remain at the site.[4]
The village is in the area of the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the area known as the Suffolk Sandlings. It is close to the Suffolk heritage coast located close to an area marshland and mud-flats along the River Blyth which were flooded in 1940 as part of British anti-invasion preparations at the start of the Second World War.
- ^ 2011 census
- ^ Blythburgh Priory ruins hosts first service in 500 years, BBC news website, 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ^ Blythburgh Priory, Blythburgh, Suffolk. Archaeological evaluation and assessment of results Archived 9 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Wessex Archaeology, September 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ^ Page.W (1975) 'Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Blythburgh', A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, pp. 91-94 (available online). Retrieved 2014-03-09.