| Rendlesham | |
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.jpg) Rendlesham, Church of St Gregory the Great | |
  Rendlesham Location withinSuffolk | |
| Population | 3,013 (2011)[1] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Woodbridge |
| Postcode district | IP12 |
| UK Parliament | |
| 52°07′48″N01°24′49″E / 52.13000°N 1.41361°E /52.13000; 1.41361 | |
Rendlesham (UK:/ˈrɛn.dəl.ʃəm/) is a village andcivil parish nearWoodbridge,Suffolk, United Kingdom. It was a royal centre of authority for the king of theEast Angles. The proximity of theSutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal house, theWuffingas. The king ofEssex,Swithhelm (son of Seaxbald) who reigned from 660 to around 664, was baptised at Rendlesham by BishopCedd with KingÆthelwold of East Anglia acting as his godfather. He died around the time of the greatplague of 664 and may have been buried at the palace of Rendlesham.
An archaeology project has identified a large settlement of more than 124 acres (50 hectares).[2]
Its name is recorded inOld English about 730 AD asRendlæsham, which may mean "Homestead belonging to [a man named] Rendel", or it may come from a theorized Old English word *rendel = "little shore".
The Church of St Gregory the Great in Rendlesham is a Grade I listed medieval church.Rendlesham Hall, a large manor house, was demolished in 1949.[3]
Rendlesham Forest, owned byForestry England, is a 1,500-hectare (3,700-acre)[4] mixed woodland with recreation facilities for walkers, cyclists and campers. It is part of theSandlings ForestSite of Special Scientific Interest. TheRendlesham Forest incident was a series of reported sightings of unexplained pulsing lights off the coast of Orford Ness in December 1980.
During the summer of 2012, scenes of the movieFast & Furious 6 were filmed on the formerRAF Bentwaters airfield.[5]
Some scholars have suggested Rendlesham as the site where theOld English epic poemBeowulf was first composed and performed.[6][7][8]
AnEast Suffolkelectoral ward called Rendlesham & Orford exists. The former Rendlesham ward includedCampsea Ashe and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 3,388.[9]
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