Rendlesham

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This article is about the place in Suffolk. For other uses, see Rendlesham (disambiguation).

Rendlesham
Rendlesham, Church of St Gregory the Great
Rendlesham is located in Suffolk
Rendlesham
Rendlesham
Location within Suffolk
Population3,013 (2011)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWoodbridge
Postcode districtIP12
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°07′48″N 01°24′49″E / 52.13000°N 1.41361°E / 52.13000; 1.41361

Rendlesham[needs IPA] is a village and civil parish near Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It was a royal centre of authority for the king of the East Angles. The proximity of the Sutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal house, the Wuffingas. The king of Essex, Swithhelm (son of Seaxbald) who reigned from 660 to around 664, was baptised at Rendlesham by Bishop Cedd with King Æthelwold of East Anglia acting as his godfather. He died around the time of the great plague of 664 and may have been buried at the palace of Rendlesham.

An archaeology project has identified a large settlement of more than 124 acres (50 hectares).[2]

Its name is recorded in Old English about 730 AD as Rendlæsham, which may mean "Homestead belonging to Rendel", or it may come from a theorized Old English word *rendel = "little shore".

The Church of St Gregory the Great in Rendlesham is a Grade I listed medieval church. Rendlesham Hall, a large manor house, was demolished in 1949.[3]

Rendlesham Forest, owned by Forestry England, is a 1,500-hectare (3,700-acre)[4] mixed woodland with recreation facilities for walkers, cyclists and campers. It is part of the Sandlings Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest. The Rendlesham Forest incident was a series of reported sightings of unexplained pulsing lights off the coast of Orford Ness in December 1980.

During the summer of 2012, scenes of the movie Fast & Furious 6 were filmed on the former RAF Bentwaters airfield.[5]

Some scholars have suggested Rendlesham as the site where the Old English epic poem Beowulf was first composed and performed.[6][7][8]

Governance

An East Suffolk electoral ward called Rendlesham & Orford exists. The former Rendlesham ward included Campsea Ashe and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 3,388.[9]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ^ "'Remarkable' 1,400-year-old possible temple found near Sutton Hoo". BBC News. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ A Vision of Britain through time Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine University of Portsmouth
  4. ^ "The Rendlesham Forest". therendleshamforestincident. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ Hollywood blockbuster Fast and Furious 6 shoots at Bentwaters Archived 2012-08-16 at the Wayback Machine East Anglian Daily Times
  6. ^ Swanton, Michael (1978). Beowulf. Manchester University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7190-0732-3. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  7. ^ Levick, Ben. "Angelcynn - Beowulf - A Commentary". www.angelcynnreenactmentsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ^ Crosbie, Liz (23 December 2023). "Beowulf, the first Christians and the first tax-gatherers". East Anglia Bylines. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

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