Stoven
Stoven is a village and former civil parish now in the parish of Brampton with Stoven, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located approximately 4½ miles north east of Halesworth and 5½ miles south of Beccles. In 1961 the parish had a population of 110. The mid-2005 population estimate for "Brampton with Stoven" parish was 460, reducing to 427 at the 2011 Census. In 1987 the parish was merged with Brampton to form "Brampton with Stoven". Brampton is located just to the west, Uggeshall to the south and Sotterley to the north.
The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret and is a Grade II* listed building. It was threatened with demolition and sale in the late 1980s and early 1990s before being listed when its medieval structure was revealed. The church re-opened in 1996 and restoration work is believed to be ongoing.
Stoven has few basic services. Children attend primary school in Brampton and high school in Beccles. The local public house, a 17th-century Grade II listed building, re-opened in July 2008 after having been closed for three and a half years, but closed again in early 2011 with plans to convert it to residential use.
