Naughton, Suffolk


Naughton is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Nedging-with-Naughton, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is north-west of Ipswich and south-west of Stowmarket. It was historically within the Cosford Hundred of Suffolk. The civil parish was merged with Nedging in 1935 to create Nedging-with-Naughton. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 98.
Naughton is formed from the junction of two roads, the Whatfield Road which comes in from the south-west and heads north to Nedging Tye and New Road which comes in from the south-east. St. Mary's church is a 14th-century flint built church stands at the centre of the village, just west of this junction.

History

Sir Henry Adair was lord of the manor in the past.

Present day

It lies just to the south of RAF Wattisham. There is one pub in the village, the Wheelhouse and dates from the 17th century.
There are four farms in the area; Cooper's Farm ; Brickhouse Farm ; Fidget's Farm ; and High Tree Farm