Edwardstone

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.

Edwardstone

St. Mary's Church
Edwardstone
Location within Suffolk
Population352 (2011)[1]
Civil parish
  • Edwardstone
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSudbury
Postcode districtCO10
UK Parliament

History

Edwardstone was listed in the Domesday Book as Eduardestuna.[2] Edwardstone Priory was a priory in Priory Green and was founded by Peter, Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John,[3] the priory was a cell to Abingdon monastery, before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory.[4]

The village was the birthplace of John Winthrop, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Historical writings

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as[5]:

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[6]:

Edwardstone, par., W. Suffolk, 4½ miles E. of Sudbury sta., 1872 ac., pop. 438; contains E. Hall.

Listed buildings

Edwardstone has several buildings listed on the National Heritage List for England:

  • Edwardstone's parish church, St Mary's, is a Grade I listed building.[7]
  • Priory Green contains four Grade II listed buildings, the Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall,[8] Lynn's Hall,[9] Priory Cottage,[10] and Priory Green Cottage.[11]
  • Mill Green has five Grade II listed buildings, all timber-framed and plastered houses, Crossways, Earls Cottages, Mill Green Cottage, Moat Farm Cottage, and Sans Souci.[12][13][14][15][16]
  • There are four Grade II listed buildings in Round Maple, all timber-framed and plastered: Flushing Farm, an 18th or early 19th century building;[17] Little Thatch, a renovated 17th to 18th century single-storey building;[18] Quicks Farm, a house with a red brick front, gable ends;[19] and Seasons, a single-storey thatched building with attics.[20]

Notable residents

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. "DocumentsOnline | Image Details". The National Archives. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. Crutwell, Clement (1801). A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. 5. p. 214.
  4. White, William (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders. p. 549.
  5. "EDWARDSTONE | As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  6. "Edwardstone | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  7. Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin (11954451)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  8. Historic England, "Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall (1285640)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  9. Historic England, "Lynn's Hall (1037313)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  10. Historic England, "Priory Cottage (1351439)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  11. Historic England, "Priory Green Cottage (1037314)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  12. Historic England, "Crossways (1037309)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  13. Historic England, "Earl's Cottages (1037308)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  14. Historic England, "Mill Green (1037315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  15. Historic England, "Moat Farm Cottage (1037310)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  16. Historic England, "Sans Souci (1037312)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  17. Historic England, "Flushing Farm (1351440)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  18. Historic England, "Little Thatch (1037315)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  19. Historic England, "Quicks Farmhouse (1391365)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
  20. Historic England, "Seasons (1194557)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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