SUFFOLK

(52° 12’ N., 1° 3’ E), coast county, EH. England; bounded N. by Norfolk, E. by North Sea, 8. by E ex, W. by Cambridge shire; area, 1531 sq. miles; surface generally level or slightly undulating, with low ridge of hills in N.W.; drained by Stour, which forms S. boundary, Little Ouse and and other streams; county town, Ipswich. County is chiefly of chalk formation; principal industry is agriculture; there are important fisheries on coast; malting is carried on; manufactures include railway plant, gun-cotton, bricks and tiles, chemical manures, agricultural implements. Suffolk has various traces of Roman occupation; suffered from invasions of Danes in early times. The county is divided for administrative purposes into E. and W. Suffolk. Pop. 1921, 399.988,