It is to the North of the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road.

[2] The River Lark provides the North East boundary of the parish.

[4] This is derived from the old Frisian word grēd meaning meadow or pasture.

[6] The botanist Thomas Gage lived in Hengrave Hall and produced an account of plants, moss and lichen which he had found in the village, which was published in The History and Antiquities of Hengrave in Suffolk[7] (1822) by his uncle, the historian John Gage Rokewode, who also lived in Hengrave Hall.

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