Erwarton
Erwarton or Arwarton is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Shop Corner. Located on the Shotley peninsula around south of Ipswich, in 2005 it had a population of 110, increasing to 126 at the 2011 Census. Neighbouring villages include Shotley, Shotley Gate, Harkstead, Chelmondiston and Holbrook. The name originates from the Early Saxon "Eoforweard tūn". History. Between 1906 and 1918 the area saw the last outbreak of plague in England. This happened on the Shotley peninsular and in Trimley, now part of Felixstowe. A total of  22 people were affected, 6 recovered, the rest died. On 8 June 1918, Mrs Annie Mary Bugg of Warren Lane Cottages, Erwarton aged 52, fell ill and died on 13 June 1918 and was buried in Erwarton church yard. No sign of her grave can be found now. On 16 June 1918 Bugg's neighbour Mrs Gertrude Allice Garrod, aged 42, of Warren Lane Cottages also fell ill and died on 19 June 1918, and was also buried at Erwarton graveyard. Her gravestone can still be found there.