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Edwardstone
Population343 (2001)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk

Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street, and the Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

History

Edwardstone was listed in the Domesday Book as Eduardestuna[1]

Edwardstone has a Cricket Team in Hunts County Division 2. The team plays its home games at Homefields Boxford.

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

Listed buildings

  • Priory Green contains four Grade 2 listed buildings, the Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall,[4] Lynn's Hall,[5] Priory Cottage, [6] and Priory Green Cottage.[7]
  • Mill Green has three Grade II listed buildings, all timber-framed and plastered houses, Earls Cottages, Mill End Green and Moat Farm Cottage.[8][9][10]
  • There are four Grade II listed buildings in Round Maple, all timber-framed and plastered: Flushing Farm, an 18th or early 19th century building;[11] Little Thatch, a renovated 17th to 18th century single-storey building;[12] Quicks Farm, a house with a red brick front, gable ends;[13] and Seasons, a single storey thatched building with attics..[14]

References

  1. ^ "DocumentsOnline | Image Details". The National Archives. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
  2. ^ Crutwell, Clement (1801). A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Vol. 5. p. 214.
  3. ^ White, William (1844). History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders. p. 549.
  4. ^ "Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  5. ^ "Lynn's Hall - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. 1958-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  6. ^ "Priory Cottage - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  7. ^ "Priory Green Cottage - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  8. ^ English Heritage. "Earls Cottages - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  9. ^ English Heritage. "Mill Green End - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  10. ^ English Heritage. "Moat Farm Cottage - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  11. ^ English Heritage. "The Flushing - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  12. ^ English Heritage. "Little Thatch - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  13. ^ English Heritage (2005-03-21). "Quicks Farmhouse - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  14. ^ English Heritage. "Seasons - Edwardstone - Suffolk - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
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