Alpheton is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England.

[1] Located on the A134 road about six miles north of Sudbury, in 2005 it had a population of 260, reducing to 256 at the 2011 Census.

Aefflead was the sister-in-law of the Saxon king Edmund the Elder, and following the battle and the death of her husband, she moved north from Maldon and settled in what was originally called Aefflead's Tun (estate) and probably lived in Alpheton Hall.

[4] Many of the young men of the village fought in The First World War and the names of those who died are inscribed on a marble tablet in the Church.

Many Irish workers moved in to work for the construction giant Laings and were accommodated in the Old School.

NB: The above property details represent the names and addresses that were used at the time that the buildings were listed.

In some instances the name of the building may have changed over the intervening years In the adopted Babergh Local Plan Alteration No.

2 (2006) Alpheton does not have a defined Built-up area boundary on the Proposals Map and there are no sites allocated for new residential development.

[27] Within the Suffolk Landscape Character Assessment the parish of Alpheton is within an area defined as[28] Shimpling is served by one bus service operated by Hedingham & Chambers: The village is served by All Saint's CEVCP School, Lawshall, a primary school currently catering for pupils aged 5–11.