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Freckenham is a small rural village located in Suffolk, East Anglia, in the country of England.
Geographically, it is relatively flat and has the River Kennet, a tributary of the River Lark locally known as the Lee Brook, cutting through the centre of the village. The parish's boundary forms, on its west and south sides, the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
The village's name is listed as "Frekeham" in 895, and appears in the Domesday Book as "Frakenaham". The name is believed to mean "homestead of a man called Freca", or derive from frecena a Saxon word meaning "the home of strong men or warriors".
Geographically, it is relatively flat and has the River Kennet, a tributary of the River Lark locally known as the Lee Brook, cutting through the centre of the village. The parish's boundary forms, on its west and south sides, the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
The village's name is listed as "Frekeham" in 895, and appears in the Domesday Book as "Frakenaham". The name is believed to mean "homestead of a man called Freca", or derive from frecena a Saxon word meaning "the home of strong men or warriors".
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freckenham
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Coordinates: 52°19'15"N 0°26'35"E
- Cottenham 23 km
- Histon & Impington 25 km
- Long Melford 30 km
- Felsted 51 km
- Hatfield Broad Oak 55 km
- Tiptree 58 km
- Bredfield 61 km
- Danbury 65 km
- Great Baddow 67 km
- Ingatestone 72 km
- RAF Mildenhall 5.5 km
- Former RAF Snailwell 5.6 km
- RAF Lakenheath 12 km
- Lackford Lakes 14 km
- Center Parcs - Elveden Forest 16 km
- Culford School 16 km
- RAF Feltwell 18 km
- Weeting Heath Nature Reserve 19 km
- Thetford Rifle Range 20 km
- Stanford Training Area (StanTA) 30 km