Freston is a small village and

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in the

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district, in the county of

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, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001 the parish had a population of 122, reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census.

History

Bubonic plague

Freston is notable as the location of the last outbreak of

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in England in 1910. The centre of the outbreak was Latimer Cottages, where it is thought plague-bearing rats may have come ashore with smuggled goods. However, the diagnosis of plague has been disputed.

Amenities and places of interest

* St. Peter's Church * The Freston Boot public house, which closed in 2010 and reopened in 2018 * Freston Wood *

Freston Tower Freston Tower is a six-storey red brick folly south of Ipswich, Suffolk in the village of Freston. It stands on the banks of the River Orwell. History Construction date Arguably the oldest folly in England, the tower has various claims fo ...

, either a lookout tower or a folly

Transport

For transport there is the B1456 road nearby.

Notable residents

* William Latymer (1499–1583), evangelical clergyman,

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from 1560. He was chaplain to Anne Boleyn *

Isaac Eastey Isaac Eastey (November 27, 1627 – June 11, 1712) was the English-born husband of Mary Eastey, who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 in North America. Isaac and Mary were both highly respected members of the Salem Village Churc ...

(1627-1712), husband of Mary Eastey, who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials * Clara Reeve (1729-1807), novelist best known for the

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The Old English Baron ''The Old English Baron'' is an early Gothic novel by the English author Clara Reeve. It was first published under this title in 1778, although it had anonymously appeared in 1777 under its original name of ''The Champion of Virtue'', before Samue ...

'' *

Foster Barham Zincke Foster Barham Zincke (5 January 1817 – 23 August 1893) was a clergyman, a traveller, and an antiquary, . Zincke was born on 5 January 1817 at Eardley, a sugar estate in Jamaica. He was the third son of Frederick Burt Zincke, of Jamaica, by ...

(1817-1893), clergyman, a traveller, and an

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References

External links

* * Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District {{suffolk-geo-stub