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Drinkstone has two windmills a postmill and a smockmill, the former was erected in 1689 making it the oldest in Suffolk.............

What do you know about your county?hmm

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It is said that Haughley Post Office is the oldest in the County of Suffolk and possibly in England, subject to Post Office cuts of course..........

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The Worlds oldest Suffolk Punch Horse 'Remus' died in 2007 aged 27 and did you know that The Punch can be traced back to 1506

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Newmarket, The Home of Horse Racing is the oldest racecourse in the world still in use

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In Groton Churchyard can be found the oldest recorded gravestone in Suffolk, a white marble altar tomb dated 1598 in memory of one Lewis Kedbye



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