Stradbroke

Coordinates: 52°19′05″N 1°16′26″E / 52.318°N 1.274°E / 52.318; 1.274

Stradbroke (/ˈstrædbrʊk/ STRAD-brook) is a village in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Mid Suffolk District and part of the East of England Region of England.

According to the Census of 2011, Stradbroke had a population of 1,408, having grown from estimates of c. 1,330 in 2005.

History

During the Middle Ages, the name of the village was sometimes spelt Stradbrook. A prominent medieval philosopher Robert Grosseteste, also Bishop of Lincoln, was born in Stradbroke, circa 1175. The village is dominated by All Saints' Church which has a 15th-century tower.

In October 2014 the Primary School celebrated the 150th anniversary of its opening on 28 September 1864.

The village used to host an unusual event on the last Saturday in July known as Navy Day. This mourned the end of the Royal Navy's rum ration and as part of the celebrations a tot of rum was processed around the village. The last Navy Day was held in 2007.

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