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Flixton is a village and civil parish located in the district of Waveney, in the English county of Suffolk.〔(Neighbourhood Statistics )〕 It is located around south-west of Bungay to the south of the River Waveney on the Norfolk border.〔(Vision of Britain )〕 In 2001 and 2011 the population of the civil parish of Flixton was 176.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Civil Parish population 2001 & 2011 )〕 The village was the site of a medieval Augustine priory and a World War II airfield. ==History== Flixton Priory was founded in the 13th century. The ruined remains of the moated priory are located to the south of the village near to Abbey Farm. These include sections of wall, earthworks and fishponds.〔(Flixton Priory ), English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-01-21.〕 The substantial Flixton Hall was demolished in the 1950s, though not before it provided one of the backdrops for the 1947 children's film ''The Secret Tunnel''. RAF Bungay was located at Flixton. The World War II airfield was built in 1942 as a base for bombers of the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force. At the end of the war the airfield was used as a prisoner of war camp and then by the RAF as a bomb store until its closure in 1955. Some areas of the airfield remain, including parts of a taxi way and a war memorial dedicated to the 446th Bombardment Group, nicknamed the ''Bungay Buckeroos'', which was based at Bungay from November 1943 until the end of the war.〔(Bungay airfield ), English Heritage. Retrieved 2013-01-21.〕 The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is located in the village today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flixton, The Saints」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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