Woolpit

E301433
civil parish medieval legend village

Woolpit is a historic village in Suffolk, England, best known for the medieval legend of the Green Children of Woolpit.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Woolpit canonical 5

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
medieval legend ⓘ
village ⓘ
administrativeCounty Suffolk ⓘ
country England ⓘ
describedBy Ralph of Coggeshall ⓘ
William of Newburgh ⓘ
district Mid Suffolk ⓘ
genre folklore ⓘ
hasCategory Civil parishes in Suffolk ⓘ
Mid Suffolk ⓘ
surface form: Mid Suffolk District

Villages in Suffolk ⓘ
hasDialCode 01359 ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
local services ⓘ
hasFeature historic buildings ⓘ
parish church ⓘ
village green ⓘ
hasLegend Green Children of Woolpit ⓘ
hasNameEtymology derived from Old English "wulf-pytt" (wolf pit) ⓘ
hasParishChurch Woolpit church ⓘ
surface form: St Mary’s Church, Woolpit
hasPostcodeArea IP ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict IP30 ⓘ
hasPostTown Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
hasSettlementType rural village ⓘ
historicCounty Suffolk ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Latin chronicles ⓘ
liesBetween Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
Stowmarket ⓘ
locatedIn East of England ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNearRoad A14 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Green Children of Woolpit ⓘ
OSGridReference TL974625 ⓘ
parishChurchDenomination Church of England ⓘ
setIn Woolpit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfLegend Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suffolk, England → containsSettlement → Woolpit ⓘ
Suffolk → containsSettlement → Woolpit ⓘ
Mid Suffolk → hasVillage → Woolpit ⓘ
Woolpit church → locatedIn → Woolpit ⓘ
Woolpit → setIn → Woolpit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Green Children of Woolpit