Freston
Freston Tower
Freston Location within Suffolk
Population	120 (2011)
OS grid reference	TM 17043 39037
Civil parish	Freston
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	IPSWICH
Postcode district	IP9
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	South Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°00′26″N 1°09′39″E / 52.007309°N 1.160960°E / 52.007309; 1.160960

Freston is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001 the parish had a population of 122,^[1] reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

History

Bubonic plague

Freston is notable as the location of the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1910. The centre of the outbreak was Latimer Cottages, where it is thought plague-bearing rats may have come ashore with smuggled goods.^[3][4] However, the diagnosis of plague has been disputed.^[5]

Amenities and places of interest

• St. Peter's Church^[6]
• The Freston Boot public house, which closed in 2010^[7] and reopened in 2018"Freston Boot - suffolkcamra.co.uk". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
• Freston Wood
• Freston Tower, either a lookout tower or a folly

Transport

For transport there is the B1456 road nearby.

Notable residents

• William Latymer (1499–1583), evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough from 1560. He was chaplain to Anne Boleyn
• Isaac Eastey (1627-1712), husband of Mary Eastey, who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials
• Clara Reeve (1729-1807), novelist best known for the Gothic novel The Old English Baron
• Foster Barham Zincke (1817-1893), clergyman, a traveller, and an antiquary