Blaxhall
Blaxhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. Located around south-west of Leiston and Aldeburgh, in 2007 its population was estimated to be 220, measured at 194 in the 2011 Census.
The parish council owns Blaxhall Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the south-east of the village. The area is one of the few remaining areas of lowland dry heathland in the Suffolk Sandlings and is managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.
The Blaxhall Stone is a large stone located at Stone Farm which, according to local legend, has been constantly increasing in size since it was dug up in the 19th century.Notable people from Blaxhall
- Thomas Weyland, lawyer, administrator and landowner who became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas under King Edward I.
- John Arnold, Member of Parliament for Ipswich in September 1388, 1394, January 1397, and 1399. Also Coroner and Bailiff of the town and an Alnager.
- Robert Curson, courtier at the court of Henry VIII, and also that of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
- William Bullein, physician and cleric.
- Margery Beddingfield, convicted murder who was burnt in 1763.
- George Ewart Evans, Welsh-born schoolteacher, writer and folklorist.
