About Suffolk

Suffolk
Country: England
Region: East of England
Established: Ancient
Area: 3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Population: 768,555
Largest Settlement: Ipswich

Suffolk is a county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west.

Suffolk is renowned for many archaeological finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age.

The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Suffolk occurred on a large scale, following a period of depopulation by the Romans.

By the fifth century, they had established control of the region. The Anglo-Saxon inhabitants later became the "north folk" and the "south folk", from which developed the names "Norfolk" and "Suffolk".

Sutton Hoo is a site of one of England's most significant Anglo-Saxon archaeological finds. A ship was pulled up onto a hill where an Anglo Saxon king was buried with all of his wealth. The burial contains a collection of treasures including a sword of state, helmet, gold and silver bowls, jewellery and a lyre.

In 1992 in the village of Hoxne the largest find of Roman silver and gold in Britain was discovered. Ithas been called The Hoxne Hoard

In July 2020 1,061 silver hammered coins, estimated to be worth £100,000, was found by by a metal detectorist in Ipswich. The coins date back to the 15th–17th century.

In September 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery with seventeen cremations and 191 burials dating back to the 7th century.

Villages and towns in Suffolk are renowned for historic, pink-washed halls and cottages, which has become known far and wide as "Suffolk Pink". Decorative paint colours found in the county can range from a pale shell shade, to a deep blush brick colour.

Suffolk Pink dates back to the 14th century, when these shades were developed by local dyers who added natural substances to a lime wash mix. Additives used included pig or ox blood with buttermilk, elderberries and sloe juice.