Coddenham, Suffolk

Description
Coddenham, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands 3 miles ESE of Needham-Market station on the G.E.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Needham-Market. The parish comprises 2733 acres; population of the civil parish, 801; of the ecclesiastical, 1094. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Crowfield, in the diocese of Norwich; gross yearly value, £587 with residence. The church is a fine Gothic edifice with a tower, and has some good monuments. The nave, which has a remarkably rich oak hammer-beam roof, has recently been restored. The faced flint tower battlements are widely known. The chancel has also recently been restored, when what appears to be a Norman window was found in the north wall, and also the terminals of a shorter chancel. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.