Edwardstone

Edwardstone

Edwardstone

Human settlement in England

Edwardstone 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] The parish boarders Boxford, Great Waldingfield, Groton, Little Waldingfield, Milden and Newton.[2]

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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.

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 1974 it became part of Babergh non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk.

In 1960 the village school closed.[12] Edwardstone House School, an independent school closed on 31 August 1993.[13]

Listed buildings

There are 31 listed buildings in Edwardstone,[14] some include:

  • 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] Earls Cottages,[17] General Stores,[18] Mill Green Cottage,[19] Mill Green End,[20] Moat Farm Cottage,[21] Sans Souci,[22] The Thatched Cottage[23] and Tudor Cottage.[24]
  • Priory Green contains 5 Grade II listed buildings, the Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall,[25] Lynn's Hall,[26] Priory Cottage,[27] Priory Farmhouse[28] and Priory Green Cottage.[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] Little Thatch, a renovated 17th to 18th century single-storey building;[31] Quicks Farm, a house with a red brick front, gable ends;[32] and Seasons, a single-storey thatched building with attics.[33]

Notable residents

References

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    Historic England, "Priory Cottage (1351439)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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    Historic England, "Priory Green Cottage (1037314)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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    Historic England, "Flushing Farm (1351440)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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    Historic England, "Little Thatch (1037315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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    Historic England, "Quicks Farmhouse (1391365)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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    Historic England, "Seasons (1194557)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016

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