Euston
| Euston | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL897788 |
| Location: | 52°22’30"N, 0°47’10"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 130 (2005 est.) |
| Post town: | Thetford |
| Postcode: | IP24 |
| Dialling code: | 01842 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Suffolk |
Euston is a village in Suffolk, on the A1088 road two miles south of Thetford.
The name of the village was first recorded in Domesday Book. It has been suggested that it is derived from "Efe's Tun", with "tun" referring to a farmstead and Efe being a personal name.[1]
The parish contains Euston Hall and the surrounding Euston Park designed by William Kent and Capability Brown, as well as Fakenham Wood, designated a ‘Site of Special Scientific Interest’.
The parish's northern border is the River Little Ouse, which marks the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. Euston Hall is the country seat of the Duke of Grafton. From this connection, the village has given its name to a street in London developed by the Dukes of Grafton in Fitzrovia, and from that a famous railway station; Euston Station.
St Genevieve Church
The parish church in Euston Park is named from St Genevieve. The foundation stone was laid by the Duchess of Grafton in 1676; it is the only church in Suffolk to have been built in the 17th century, and is on the site of an earlier mediæval building.[2]
The church has a four-stage tower and round headed windows in a style called "Venetian tracery". The interior is noted for the original wooden box pews, screen and pulpit. Some mediæval brasses survive, as well as fine monuments to the Dukes of Grafton buried in the church and the adjacent churchyard. The church is a Grade I Listed building.[3]
About the village
The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.
Barnham Heath, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, is on the western edge of the parish, which also includes land in the Breckland Farmland and Forest SSSI units.[4]
Euston Park Endurance is a facility for endurance riding. The Endurance World Championships 2012 took place in Euston Park.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Euston) |
- Euston Suffolk Churches
References
- ↑ "How London's Terminal Stations Got Their Names". Londonist. 15 September 2014. http://londonist.com/2014/09/how-londons-terminal-stations-got-their-names.
- ↑ The Suffolk Churches Site - St Genevieve, Euston
- ↑ British Listed Buildings - Church of St Genevieve, Euston
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Breckland Farmland