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Edwardstone Village Sign
Edwardstone [needs IPA is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk , England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street, and Edwardstone Woods , a Site of Special Scientific Interest . In 2021 the parish had a population of 375.[1] Boxford , Great Waldingfield , Groton , Little Waldingfield , Milden and Newton .[2]
History
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The name "Edwardstone" means 'Eadweard's farm/settlement'.[3] Domesday Book as Eduardestuna .[4] Peter , Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John ,[5] Abingdon monastery , before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory .[6] [7]
The village was the birthplace of John Winthrop , one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony .[8]
Historical writings
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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.
Edwardstone was in the Babergh hundred, from 1894 until 1974 it was in Cosford Rural District in the administrative county of West Suffolk .[11]
In 1960 the village school closed.[12] [13]
Listed buildings
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There are 31 listed buildings in Edwardstone,[14]
Edwardstone's parish church, St Mary's, is a Grade I listed building .[15]
Mill Green has 9 Grade II listed buildings, all timber-framed and plastered houses, Crossways,[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
Priory Green contains 5 Grade II listed buildings , the Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall,[25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
There are 4 Grade II listed buildings in Round Maple, all timber-framed and plastered: Flushing Farm, an 18th or early 19th century building;[30] [31] [32] thatched building with attics.[33]
Notable residents
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Joseph Brand (MP ) , (1605-1674), merchant, landowner, Member of Parliament for Sudbury in 1660
Thomas Browne , (1889-1978), Archdeacon of Ipswich from 1946 until 1963 and honorary canon at St Edmundsbury Cathedral from 1936 to 1946.
John Hoskyns (1927-2014), Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher while head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit from May 1979 and April 1982.
Henry Lowry-Corry (1845–1927), Colonel in the British Army , Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament (MP ) for County Tyrone 1873–1880.
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1817-1885), landowner and benefactor.
John Winthrop , (1587/88-1649), Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony .
References
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^ "Edwardstone Key to English Place-names" . The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 25 August 2020 .
^ "DocumentsOnline | Image Details" . The National Archives. Retrieved 14 February 2011 .
^ Crutwell, Clement (1801). A tour through the whole island of Great Britain
^ White, William (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders
^ "Priory Farm" (PDF) . Retrieved 5 May 2021 .
^ "John Winthrop" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 13 November 2020 .
^ "EDWARDSTONE | As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)" . visionofbritain.org.uk . Retrieved 10 June 2020 .
^ "Edwardstone | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)" . visionofbritain.org.uk . Retrieved 10 June 2020 .
^ "Relationships and changes Edwardstone AP/CP through time" . A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 13 January 2024 .
^ "Edwardstone" (PDF) . Suffolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 13 January 2024 .
^ "Edwardstone House School" . Gov.uk . Retrieved 13 January 2024 .
^ "Listed Buildings in Edwardstone, Babergh, Suffolk" . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 August 2020 .
^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin (1194451)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Crossways (1037309)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Earl's Cottages (1037308)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "General Stores (1194532)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 August 2020
^ Historic England, "Mill Green (1037310)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Mill Green End (1194543)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 August 2020
^ Historic England, "Moat Farm Cottage (1037311)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 August 2020
^ Historic England, "Sans Souci (1037312)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "The Thatched Cottage (1194539)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 August 2020
^ Historic England, "Tudor Cottage (1194534)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 August 2020
^ Historic England, "Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall (1285640)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Lynn's Hall (1037313)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Priory Cottage (1351439)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Priory Farmhouse (1194553)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 25 August 2020
^ Historic England, "Priory Green Cottage (1037314)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Flushing Farm (1351440)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Little Thatch (1037315)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Quicks Farmhouse (1391365)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
^ Historic England, "Seasons (1194557)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 December 2016
External links
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Edwardstone at Wikimedia Commons
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