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Edwardstone
St. Mary's, 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. John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was born in the village in 1588.[citation needed] Edwardstone has a cricket team which plays its home games at the playing fields, Boxford.[citation needed]

History

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

Geography

The parish contains four hamlets: Round Maple, Priory Green, Mill Green and Sherbourne Street

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References

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