Edwardstone
| Edwardstone | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°2’38"N, 0°49’59"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 352 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Sudbury |
| Postcode: | CO10 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Babergh |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Suffolk |
Edwardstone is a village and parish in the Babergh hundred of Suffolk. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street, and Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The civil parish touches those of Boxford, Great Waldingfield, Groton, Little Waldingfield, Milden and Newton.[2]
History
The name "Edwardstone" means 'Eadweard's farm/settlement'.[3] Edwardstone was listed in the Domesday Book as Eduardestuna.[4] Edwardstone Priory was a priory in Priory Green and was founded by Peter, Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John,[5] the priory was a cell to Abingdon monastery, before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory.[6] The priory may be the origin of the place name "Priory Green".[7]
The village was the birthplace of John Winthrop, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[8]
Historical writings
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as:[9]
EDWARDSTONE, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 4½ miles E of Sudbury r. station, and 5½ W of Hadleigh. Post town, Waldingfield, under Sudbury. Acres, 1,872. Real property, £3, 851. Pop., 462. Houses, 103. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Ely. A cell to Abingdon abbey was founded here, in 1114, by the Munchenses; and given, in 1160, to Colne priory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £203.* Patron, Hon. H. Corry. The church has an ancient brass; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £45.
In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Edwardstone in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:[10]
Edwardstone, par., W. Suffolk, 4½ miles E. of Sudbury sta., 1872 ac., pop. 438; contains E. Hall.
Listed buildings
There are 31 listed buildings in Edwardstone,[11] some include:
- Edwardstone's parish church, St Mary's, is a Grade-I listed building.[12]
- Mill Green has nine Grade-II listed buildings, all timber-framed and plastered houses, Crossways,[13] Earls Cottages,[14] General Stores,[15] Mill Green Cottage,[16] Mill Green End,[17] Moat Farm Cottage,[18] Sans Souci,[19] The Thatched Cottage[20] and Tudor Cottage.[21]
- Priory Green contains five Grade-II listed buildings, the Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall,[22] Lynn's Hall,[23] Priory Cottage,[24] Priory Farmhouse[25] and Priory Green Cottage.[26]
- There are four Grade-II listed buildings in Round Maple, all timber-framed and plastered: Flushing Farm, an 18th or early 19th century building;[27] Little Thatch, a renovated 17th- to 18th-century single-storey building;[28] Quicks Farm, a house with a red brick front, gable ends;[29] and Seasons, a single-storey thatched building with attics.[30]
Notable residents
- John Hoskyns (1927-2014), Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher while head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit from May 1979 and April 1982.
- Thomas Browne, (1889-1978), Archdeacon of Ipswich from 1946 until 1963 and honorary canon at St Edmundsbury Cathedral from 1936 to 1946.
- Henry Lowry-Corry (1845–1927), Colonel in the British Army, Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tyrone 1873–1880.
- William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817-1885), landowner and benefactor.
- Joseph Brand, (1605-1674), merchant, landowner, Member of Parliament for Sudbury in 1660.
- John Winthrop, (1587/88-1649), Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123112&c=CO10+5EB&d=16&e=62&g=6465485&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441983820109&enc=1.
- ↑ "Edwardstone". Ordnance Survey. http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000015737.
- ↑ "Edwardstone Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Suffolk/Edwardstone.
- ↑ "DocumentsOnline | Image Details". The National Archives. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7591733&queryType=1&resultcount=1.
- ↑ Crutwell, Clement (1801). A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. 5. p. 214. https://books.google.com/books?id=nhspAAAAYAAJ&q=Edwardstone+priory&pg=PA214.
- ↑ White, William (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders. p. 549. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgxIAAAAMAAJ&q=Edwardstone+priory&pg=PA549.
- ↑ "Priory Farm". https://docs.planning.org.uk/20210112/39/QMNQ97SHFSG00/hr521fmezdza8sly.pdf.
- ↑ "John Winthrop". Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Winthrop-American-colonial-governor.
- ↑ "EDWARDSTONE | As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)". https://visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/801530.
- ↑ "Edwardstone | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)". https://visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/1962390.
- ↑ "Listed Buildings in Edwardstone, Babergh, Suffolk". British Listed Buildings. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/edwardstone-babergh-suffolk.
- ↑ National Heritage List 11954451: Church of St Mary the Virgin
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037309: Crossways
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037308: Earl's Cottages
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194532: General Stores
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037310: Mill Green
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194543: Mill Green End
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037311: Moat Farm Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037312: Sans Souci
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194539: The Thatched Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194534: Tudor Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1285640: Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037313: Lynn's Hall
- ↑ National Heritage List 1351439: Priory Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194553: Priory Farmhouse
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037314: Priory Green Cottage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1351440: Flushing Farm
- ↑ National Heritage List 1037315: Little Thatch
- ↑ National Heritage List 1391365: Quicks Farmhouse
- ↑ National Heritage List 1194557: Seasons
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