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An Anglo-Saxon coin brooch (reverse); Sudbury, Suffolk. The county of Suffolk (Sudfole, Suthfolc, meaning 'southern folk') was formed from the south part of the kingdom of East Anglia which had been settled by the Angles in the latter half of the 5th century.
Suffolk contains five local government districts, which are part of a two-tier non-metropolitan county administered by Suffolk County Council. The Suffolk coastline, which includes parts of the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape, is a complex habitat, formed by London Clay and crag underlain by chalk and therefore susceptible to ...
Major rivers include the River Nene and Suffolk's Stour, running through country beloved of the painter John Constable. The River Cam is a tributary of the Great Ouse and gives its name to Cambridge, whilst Norwich sits on the River Yare and River Wensum. The River Orwell flows through Ipswich and has its mouth, along with the Stour at Felixstowe.
Suffolk County (/ ˈ s ʌ f ə k / SUF-ək) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of Long Island.It is bordered to its west by Nassau County, to its east by Gardiners Bay and the open Atlantic Ocean, to its north by Long Island Sound, and to its south by the Atlantic Ocean.
Sudbury's history dates back into the age of the Saxons. [4] The town's earliest mention is in circa 799, when Ælfhun, Bishop of Dunwich, died in the town. [5] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the town as Suðberie ("south-borough"), presumed to distinguish it from Norwich or Bury St Edmunds, to the north, [4] and c. 995 is recorded as Suðbyrig. [6]
The Suffolk originated in the area surrounding Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk in the late eighteenth century, as a result of cross-breeding when Norfolk Horn ewes were put to improved Southdown rams. [4]: 923 They were at first known as Blackfaces or Southdown-Norfolks; [5] the first use of the name "Suffolk" for these sheep dates to 1797. In 1810 ...
Suffolk County (/ ˈ s ʌ f ə k / SUF-ək) is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 797,936, [ 1 ] making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. [ 2 ]
On January 1, 1974, the City of Nansemond and the City of Suffolk united to become the present City of Suffolk, consolidating with the outlying incorporated towns of Holland and Whaleyville. [13] The end result was a new municipality encompassing a total of 430 square miles (1,100 km 2 ), making it the largest city in land area in Virginia [ 3 ...