Winston, Suffolk
| Winston | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
 St. Andrew's church, Winston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM180615 |
| Location: | 52°12’34"N, 1°11’24"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 159 (2011) |
| Post town: | Stowmarket |
| Postcode: | IP14 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mid Suffolk |
Winston is a \tiny in Suffolk, found around eight miles east of Stowmarket.
The wider civil parish also contains such hamlets as Winston Green and Fenn Street: the 2011 Census recorded the population of this parish as 159.
There is a church and an old school room, and every year there is a Winston Village Fete. A lot of the village of Winston is based around 14th Century Church, with multiple 16th Century cottages and farmhouses along church lane, showing the villages agricultural past, the area of Winston is still agricultural based with farms and fields all over the parish.
In the 1870s Winston was described as:
Winston, a parish, with a village, in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 1 mile SSE of Debenham, and 7 NE of Needham r. station.[1]
History
The parish of Winston first appears in the Domesday Book of 1066.[2] The records show that from the first Census conducted in 1801 the population of Winston was 261.[3] The population declined after the 1851 census, as farm labourers moved to industrialising towns such as Ipswich.
Church
St Andrew's Church was founded in around the 15th century. With extensions built during the 14th and 16th centuries,[4] while being heavily restored during the 19th century, however it retains a lot of the original architecture, the church is listed as a grade II listed building.[5]
The last mention of the use of the school building in Winston is in 1897, where a letter was written concerning Winston school.[6]
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References
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co.. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7953. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ↑ Winston, Suffolk in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Winston CP/AP through time". Population Statistics. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10275106/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Knott, Simon (2009). "Suffolk Churches". http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/winston.htm. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1182799: Church of St Andrew (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Statement concerning Winston School". Suffolk Record Office. http://www.suffolkheritagedirect.org.uk/record-view.aspx. Retrieved 25 April 2014.