Occold is a village in Suffolk, England. Occold is located 2 miles south east from the town of Eye, and 8 miles from the town of Diss.
The village has a primary school, at the road junction between The Street, Mill Road and Bullshall Road in the centre of the village, a local public house, The Beaconsfield Arms, Jubilee Baptist Church and St. Michael’s Church, Church of England on The Street.
History
In 1850 Elizabeth Burgwin was born here. She went on to create free school meals in London.[2]
References
- ^ “Civil Parish population 2011”. Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Horn, Pamela (23 September 2004). “Burgwin [née Canham], Elizabeth Miriam (1850–1940), educationist”. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51776. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
External links
Media related to Occold at Wikimedia Commons