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Can you name the Suffolk location from its Old English description?

Felixstowe Beach (c) Martin Pettitt, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) <i>(Image: Archant)</i>

Felixstowe Beach (c) Martin Pettitt, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) (Image: Archant)

By Fred Humphries

You’ve got 10 minutes to work out where in Suffolk Thori’s farmstead, wolf-trapping pit, gravelly stream and more refer to… let us know how you do!

There’s 40 towns and villages to identify in the quiz below - no cheating!

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