Friston

Not to be confused with Friston, East Sussex.
Friston

St Mary Magdalene Church, Friston
Friston
 Friston shown within Suffolk
Population 344 (2011)[1]
Shire countySuffolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SAXMUNDHAM
Postcode district IP17
EU Parliament East of England
Websitehttp://www.friston.org.uk/
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°11′24″N 1°31′41″E / 52.190°N 1.528°E / 52.190; 1.528

Friston is a village in Suffolk, England. It is 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Saxmundham, its post town, and 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Aldeburgh. The River Alde bounds the village on the south. The surrounding land is chiefly arable. The soil becomes partly marshy in the lower grounds. The village is noted for its early nineteenth century post mill.[2]

Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book as Frisetuna and seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Frīsa tūn = "the farmstead of the Frisians"; some of them may have come with the Angles and Saxons.

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