Occold

Village in Suffolk, England

Human settlement in England

Region

52°17′N 1°09′E / 52.28°N 01.15°E / 52.28; 01.15

Occold is a village in Suffolk, England. Occold is located 2 miles south east from the town of Eye, and 8 miles from the town of Diss.

History

In 1850 Elizabeth Burgwin was born here. She went on to create free school meals in London.^[2]

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ Horn, Pamela (23 September 2004). "Burgwin [née Canham], Elizabeth Miriam (1850–1940), educationist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51776. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)