Stambourne
| Stambourne | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 St Peter and St Thomas Becket church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°1’10"N, 0°30’3"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Halstead |
| Postcode: | CO9 |
| Dialling code: | 01787 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Braintree |
Stambourne is a village and parish in the Hinckford hundred of northern Essex. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 409.[1] Stambourne's closest neighbouring villages are Ridgewell, Toppesfield, Cornish Hall End and Great Yeldham.
History
Stambourne derives from an old local dialect term for 'stony brook'.
A part of the British 17th-century witchcraft trials, the spinster Sarah Houghton of Stambourne, in 1663, was charged by the authorities with causing John Smyth to become "consumed and made infirme." A jury, including John Levett and Matthew Butcher, found Houghton guilty, and she was ordered to be hanged. She was reprieved after the jury had rendered their judgement.[2]
Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, a stage actress of the early- and mid-20th century, lived in Stambourne in later life, dying in 1992 at the age of 101.
Community
The parish church of St Peter and St Thomas Becket dates from the 11th century and is a Grade-I listed building.[3]
Every year a bonfire and fireworks display is held in the village playing field. The event attracts people from surrounding areas (including Great Yeldham, Hedingham and Halstead).
See also
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128943&c=Stambourne&d=16&e=62&g=6423068&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1473239751141&enc=1. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England, Alan Macfarlane, James Anthony Sharpe, published by Routledge, 1999 ISBN 0-415-19612-4 ISBN 978-0-415-19612-3
- ↑ "Name: PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST THOMAS List entry Number: 1317130". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1317130. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stambourne) |
- Main website for Stambourne, with a brief history of Stambourne and access to its history document
- Website for St Peter & St Thomas’ Church, Stambourne, part of the Upper Colne Valley Parishes
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