West Suffolk (constituency)

Desning Hall was a manor house in Risbridge Hundred, in Suffolk, England, dating from Anglo-Saxon times. Desning Hall's last resident was Sidney Arthur King who left the property in 1927. The house then stood vacant, becoming derelict, until the early 1980s when it was demolished.

Higham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in the east of England. Located midway between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket, in 2005 its population was 140. Higham is split into three parts: Upper Green, Middle Green and Lower Green. Prior to the Beeching Axe, the village was served by Higham railway station. Its church, St Stephen, is one of 38 existing round-tower churches in Suffolk.

The A14 is a major trunk road in England, running 127 miles (204 km) from Catthorpe Interchange, a major intersection at the southern end of the M6 and junction 19 of the M1 in Leicestershire to the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk. The road forms part of the unsigned Euroroutes E24 and E30. It is the busiest shipping lane in East Anglia carrying anything from cars to large amounts of cargo between the UK and Mainland Europe.

Gazeley is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England and is part of the West Suffolk UK Parliament constituency. In 2005 it had a population of 740. A house converted from a windmill survives in the village. The surnames of Gazeley, Gazley and Gazlay derive from this source. The name Gazeley means "Woodland clearing of a man called *Gǣgi".The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

Denham Castle, also known as Castle Holes, is a medieval motte and bailey castle near the village of Gazeley, Suffolk, England. The castle was also known as Desning Castle at the time of building and occupation.

Dalham Hall is a country house and 3,300-acre (13 km2) estate, located in the village of Dalham, Suffolk, near Newmarket, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Bury St Edmunds. Owners of the Dalham estate have included: c.1050-1240 Peche Family 1240-1320 English Crown Estate (from 1303, Margaret of France, Queen of England) 1320-1362 Walter de Norwich, followed by his son John de Norwich (died 1362) 1362-1417 various joint-owners, including Robert Scales, 5th Baron Scales 1417-1697 Stuteville Family 1697-1702 Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet 1702-1714 Bishop Simon Patrick and his eponymous son 1714-1901 Affleck Family, including Gilbert Affleck and John Affleck 1901-1928 Rhodes Family, including Cecil Rhodes and Frank Rhodes 1928-2009 Philipps Family 2009–present Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumThe manor was not the principal residence of any family until acquired by the Stutevilles, the first of whom is likely to have established Dalham Hall. Simon Patrick (1626–1707), the Bishop of Chichester (1689–1691) and Bishop of Ely (1691–1707), purchased this estate at Dalham in December 1702, and commissioned the building of the present Dalham Hall. John Affleck Esq. acquired the estate from the Bishop's son in 1714. After remaining in Affleck's family (the Affleck baronets) for nearly 200 years, in 1901, the estate was bought by Cecil Rhodes, on the evidence of photographs, and tales of its game shooting prowess. After Rhodes died in 1902, before taking possession, his brother Francis William Rhodes and his family inherited the hall, and erected a hall in the village in Cecil Rhodes' memory.The estate was bought in 1928 by Laurence Philipps, a shipping magnate who established what became known as the Dalham Hall Stud. The house was three storeys high until a serious fire of 1954, when the top floor was removed and the roof reconstructed.In 1981 Major Jim Philipps sold the stud to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. After the major died in 1984, the rest of the estate was held in trust by his heirs until July 2009, when it was sold for £45 million to Sheikh Mohammed via estate agents Bidwells. The Hall is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.

Higham railway station was a station serving Higham in the English county of Suffolk. It was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1854 when the railway was extended from Newmarket to Bury St Edmunds. From 1929 onwards the four station staff were replaced by a 'Porter-in-charge' until the station's closure by British Railways in 1967.

Gazeley Mill is a tower mill at Gazeley, Suffolk, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

Dalham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The name, meaning 'homestead/village in a valley' is of Old English origin and first recorded in the Domesday Book.Dalham is 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of the town of Bury St Edmunds and, at the 2001 census, had a population of 191,. increasing to 210 at the 2011 Census. The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

Lower Mill or Opposition Mill is a Grade II* listed smock mill at Dalham, Suffolk, England which has been preserved.

Moulton was a rural district in Suffolk, England from 1894 to 1935. It covered the area to the east of the town of Newmarket. The district was created in 1894 as the part of the Newmarket rural sanitary district which lay in West Suffolk, the Cambridgeshire part becoming Newmarket Rural District.It was abolished in 1935 and most of the district (the parishes of Dalham, Gazeley, Higham Green and Moulton) became part of Mildenhall Rural District, which merged with Newmarket urban district in 1974 to create the modern Forest Heath district. The parishes of Lidgate and Ousden instead became part of Clare Rural District in 1935, went to St Edmundsbury which is now in West Suffolk.

Denham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 170, increasing to 171 at the 2011 Census. The parish also includes the hamlet of Denham End, as well as the remains of Denham Castle, a motte-and-bailey structure. The parish council is shared with neighbouring Barrow. The mediaeval church of St Mary's was restored in 1846 and is a grade II* listed building. In the chapel is a large canopied table monument to MP Sir Edward Lewkenor and his wife of Denham Hall who both died in 1605 of smallpox.