{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |official_name=Felsham |coordinates = {{coord|52.17727|0.84672|display=inline,title}} | population = 420 | population_ref = (2005)<ref name=population>[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219023551/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf |date=19 December 2008 }} Suffolk County Council</ref><br> 448 (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123399&c=Felsham&d=16&e=62&g=6466449&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471706586141&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=20 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |shire_district= Mid Suffolk |shire_county = Suffolk |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= |post_town=BURY ST EDMUNDS |postcode_district =IP30 |postcode_area=IP |dial_code=01449 |os_grid_reference=TL946570 |static_image = St Peter Felsham - geograph.org.uk - 1018906.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption= St Peter's Church, Felsham }}
'''Felsham''' is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 420.<ref name=population/>
==History== The origin of the name "Felsham" is not clear, but one theory gives its meaning as ''Faela'' or "pleasant enclosure".<ref>{{cite book|title=Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names|author=Eilert Ekwall|author-link=Eilert Ekwall|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1960}}</ref> Felsham was listed as ''Fealsham'' in the Domesday Book of 1086.
==Church== The church of St Peter serves the parish of Felsham. The present church was largely built in the 14th and 15th century and has an impressive north porch. The interior was unsympathetically renovated during the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english-church-architecture.net/suffolk/f/felsham/felsham.htm|title=Felsham|publisher=English Church Architecture|access-date=7 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006041157/http://english-church-architecture.net/suffolk/f/felsham/felsham.htm|archive-date=6 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Village life== The village is home to the Six Bells public house. Parts of the present building date from the 16th century, though it was largely rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. Felsham was also the home of the Mudlen End Studio, which produced ceramic models of mainly cottages and dwellings from the local area.{{fact|date=April 2025}}
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==External links== *[http://felsham.onesuffolk.net/ Village website] *[http://homepages.phonecoop.coop/c.felsham/felshamhc.onesuffolk.net/a-brief-history-of-felsham/index.html Felsham & Gedding History Group] *[http://homepages.phonecoop.coop/c.felsham/Index%20for%20history%20files.htm Felsham history] *[http://homepages.phonecoop.coop/c.felsham/index.htm The walker's guide to Felsham] *[http://redbellows.co.uk/MudlenCollectionHome.htm Mudlen End Studio Collection] *{{Commons category-inline|Felsham}}
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Category:Villages in Suffolk Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk Category:Mid Suffolk Category:Thedwastre Hundred