is dispersed and close to both Leiston and Aldeburgh. It has a village shop, the Butchers Arms pub, a smallholding, a garage and Coldfair Green Primary School. The village expanded with the building of a small housing estate in the mid-1980s. There is also a local history group on Facebook, gathering information from the various families in the parish."Knodishall Local History Group is now [2017] in its fifth year. With the help of local people we have amassed a large digital collection of photos, audio recordings and documents relating to the village." Demographics Population trends The total population of Knodishall from 1801 to 2011 has gradually increased. in 1801 the total population was just under 300 people and a slow increase until 1961 came to over 500 people. Then there was a much steeper increase between 1961 and 2001, of around 400 more people – we do not have any separate census data between 1961 and 2001. However in 1865, when the parish of Buxlow became part of Knodishall, there was no significant increase in total population to show this boundary change in the following census year. Ethnicity Of the 852 people living in Knodishall in 2008, 846 of them were white English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, British, or other. There was one person of mixed race white and black Caribbean. The area and surrounding areas are all predominantly white. Industry In the 1880s, the main trades were agriculture and commodities. The employment was mainly male, as were most types of employment at that time. However, domestic services were almost wholly provided by women. as shown in the graph opposite. It is also clear that many females did not have jobs and simply kept their own households. (The table shows the raw number of males and females aged 16 to 74 in employment in Knodishall from the 2011 census.) Looking at the 2011 census, the main Knodishall occupations were retail trading, motor vehicle and motor cycle repairs, human health and social work, building construction and education, mostly still male dominated, but accommodation, catering, human health, social work and education were female dominated. See also Buxlow Manor References Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk