Iken, Suffolk

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Iken, Suffolk is a small village in eastern England known for its early medieval religious history and association with Saint Botolph’s monastic foundation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
village
associatedWith Saint Botolph
Saint Botwulf of Thorney
category Civil parishes in Suffolk
Suffolk Coastal geography
Villages in Suffolk
country England
United Kingdom
diocese Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich NERFINISHED
ecclesiasticalDedication Saint Botolph
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
hasFeature rural settlement pattern
scattered farms and cottages
hasLandmark St Botolph's Church
surface form: St Botolph’s Church, Iken
hasNearbyProtectedArea RSPB North Warren and Alde-Ore Estuary reserves
hasParishChurch St Botolph's Church
surface form: St Botolph’s Church, Iken
hasReligiousSignificance early medieval Christianity in England
historicalCounty Suffolk NERFINISHED
historicalEraOfMonastery 7th century
knownFor association with Saint Botolph’s monastic foundation
early medieval religious history
landscape estuarine environment
heathland
saltmarsh
locatedIn East Suffolk district
East of England
Suffolk NERFINISHED
locatedOn Iken peninsula
near Aldeburgh
River Alde
Snape
nearestLargeTown Ipswich
nearestTown Aldeburgh
OSGridReference TM425565
partOf Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
region East Anglia
religiousOrderType Anglo-Saxon monastic community
religiousTradition Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
siteOf Saint Botolph’s monastery
early medieval monastic foundation
transport local minor roads

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Saint Botolph associatedWith Iken, Suffolk
Botulf hasCultCenter Iken, Suffolk
Botwulf hasCultCenter Iken, Suffolk
Botwulf notablePlace Iken, Suffolk