Country: | England |
Official Name: | Hoo |
Static Image Name: | Parish Church, Hoo, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 44347.jpg |
Static Image Alt: | The church of St Andrew and St Eustachius in Hoo |
Static Image Caption: | The church of St Andrew and St Eustachius in Hoo |
Map Alt: | The location of Hoo within Suffolk |
Coordinates: | 52.182°N 1.299°W |
Civil Parish: | Hoo |
Population: | 160 |
Area Total Km2: | 9.52 |
Population Ref: | (2011) inc the parish of Letheringham[1] |
Region: | East of England |
Post Town: | WOODBRIDGE |
Postcode District: | IP13 |
Postcode Area: | IP |
Dial Code: | 01473 |
Os Grid Reference: | TM256589 |
Hide Services: | Yes |
Hoo is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is located 3miles north-west of the town of Wickham Market and 3miles south-west of Framlingham. The parish lies to the south of the River Deben - neighbouring villages include Kettleburgh, Charsfield and Letheringham. The parish council is combined with Cretingham and Monewden,[2] with Hoo itself having one of the smallest populations in Suffolk[3] with 86 residents recorded at the 2001 census. At the 2011 Census, the parish was recorded in combination with Letheringham giving a total population of 160.
The parish church, located to the north of the village centre and adjacent to Hoo Hall, is a Grade II* Listed building. It is dedicated to St Andrew and St Eustachius and dates from the 13th century with a 15th-century tower.[4] The ecclesiastical parish is joined with Charsfield and services are still held regularly in the church which was threatened with redundancy in the 1970s. The church was used as a location in the 1974 film Akenfield.
Hoo Hall is a 16th-century building with Grade II listed status.[5] The parish has a number of other 16th-century buildings and two medieval moated sites to the south of the village centre, both scheduled monuments. Godwin's Place is a Grade II listed 16th century house, built on the site of larger house built in the 15th century by John Godyn or Godwyn.[6]