What is Hintlesham?
{{Infobox UK place | official_name= Hintlesham | country= England | region= East of England | os_grid_reference= | coordinates = {{coord|52.05|1.05|display=inline,title}} | population= 609 | population_ref= (2011 Census)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124624&c=Hintlesham&d=16&e=62&g=6465498&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471888041028&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=22 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=13 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013134156/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124624&c=Hintlesham&d=16&e=62&g=6465498&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471888041028&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> | post_town= Ipswich | postcode_area= IP | postcode_district= IP8 | dial_code= | shire_district= [[Babergh District|Babergh]] | shire_county= [[Suffolk]] | hide_services= Yes |static_image_name = Driveway to Hintlesham Hall - geograph.org.uk - 472463.jpg |static_image_caption= Hintlesham Hall }} '''Hintlesham''' is a village and [[civil parish]] on the A1071 road in [[Babergh]], [[Suffolk]], England. In 2001, there were 564 people living in Hintlesham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics|title=Local statistics - Office for National Statistics|website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> ==The church== The stairway to the roodloft in the south wall is one of the best preserved in the county. For about 350 years Hintlesham has been a joint parish with [[Chattisham]] whose church, St Margaret's, stands about a mile away, separated by a valley of meadows and woods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hintlesham.htm |title=Suffolk Churches |publisher=Suffolk Churches |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref> ==Hintlesham Hall== In August 1720 the hall was bo