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Thedwastre Hundred
Thedwastre (also Thedwestry) was a hundred (subdivision), hundred of the county of Suffolk, England covering an area of . It formed part of the Liberty of Saint Edmund, under the jurisdiction of the abbots of Bury St Edmunds. The hundred is about in length and wide. It is bounded on the west by the borough of Bury St Edmunds and Thingoe (hundred), Thingoe Hundred, on the north and east by Blackbourn (hundred), Blackbourn and Stow (hundred), Stow Hundreds, and on the south by Cosford (hundred), Cosford and Babergh (hundred), Babergh Hundreds. It is a fertile district with undulating terrain, and watered by streams which rise within its limits and feed the rivers River Thet, Thet, River Gipping, Gipping, River Lark, Lark and River Brett, Brett. It is in the Deanery of Thedwestry, the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, the Diocese of Ely and Liberty of St Edmund. It contains no town of any size, but Bury and Ixworth are on its borders. Listed as ''Theivardestreu'' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thedwestry Hundred - Suffolk
Thedwastre can refer to: * "Theodward's tree", a supposed historic tree in Thurston, Suffolk * Thedwastre Hundred, a defunct hundred of the ceremonial county of Suffolk, named for the tree * Thedwastre Rural District, a defunct rural district in the administrative county of West Suffolk, named after the hundred {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely. There is one suffragan bishop, suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers the modern ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (excluding the Soke of Peterborough) and western Norfolk. The diocese was created in 1109 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln. The diocese is ancient, and the area of Ely was part of the patrimony of Saint Etheldreda. A religious house was founded in the city in 673. After her death in 679 she was buried outside the church, and her remains were later reburied inside, the foundress being commemorated as a great Anglian saint. The diocese has had its boundaries altered various times. From an original diocese covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire were added in 1837 from the Diocese of Linco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedding
Gedding is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around six miles south east of Bury St Edmunds. At the 2011 census its population was 125, rising to 134 at the 2018 ONS mid year estimate. History The village's name derives from the old english phrase meaning ''Gydda's People''. In 1086 it is recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Geldinga'' with 18 households made up of 15 freemen and 3 smallholders along with 5 acres of meadow. The land was held by Bury Abbey and William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey. There were two windmills in the parish, both were Post mills with one existing from 1783 to c. 1904. The other post mill came from Felsham in 1867 having been originally constructed in 1824, it was demolished in 1944, on the journey from Felsham it was pulled by 26 horses and got stuck at a ford. There are six listed buildings in Gedding, four are grade II with the early C.16th Gedding Hall being grade II* listed and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fornham St Martin
Fornham St Martin is a Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the northern outskirts of Bury St Edmunds off east and west from the A134 road, A134, in 2005 its population was 1300. Its Parish councils in England, parish council is shared with neighbouring Fornham St Genevieve, and is known as Fornham St Martin cum St Genevieve Parish Council. Fornham St Martin is one of a trio of contiguous villages by the River Lark. The other villages are Fornham St Genevieve and Fornham All Saints. History The word Fornham means 'Trout village' derived from the Old English words ''forne'' meaning trout and ''hām'' meaning village with the addition of the dedication to Martin of Tours. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book with 27 households in 1086 made up of 3 villagers, 11 freemen, 10 smallholders, 3 slaves along with 2 cobs (horse), cobs, 4 cattle, 12 pigs, and 80 sheep. The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fornham St Genevieve
Fornham St Genevieve is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is one of a trio of contiguous villages by the River Lark. The other villages are Fornham All Saints and Fornham St Martin. Location The village is located around north of Fornham St Martin and a north of Bury St Edmunds. In 2005 its population was 110. Its parish council is shared with neighbouring Fornham St Martin, and is known as Fornham St Martin cum St Genevieve Parish Council. Etymology The village name is derived from the Old English for 'Trout Homestead' for Fornham with the addition of the dedication to Saint Genevieve. History The Domesday Book records that the population of Fornham St Genevieve in 1086 was 30 households. The history of Fornham Park involved the scene of the Battle of Fornham in 1173. Robert Whitehand Earl of Leicester put up his final stand against the forces of Henry II near the church, and was subsequently captured and taken p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felsham
Felsham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 its population was 420. History The origin of the name "Felsham" is not clear, but one theory gives its meaning as ''Faela'' or "pleasant enclosure". Felsham was listed as ''Fealsham'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. Church The church of St Peter Saint Peter (born Shimon Bar Yonah; 1 BC – AD 64/68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repe ... serves the parish of Felsham. The present church was largely built in the 14th and 15th century and has an impressive north porch. The interior was unsympathetically renovated during the 19th century. Village life The village is home to the Six Bells public house. Parts of the present building date from the 16th century, though it was largely rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. Fel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drinkstone
Drinkstone is a small settlement and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Its name is derived from Dremic's homestead. It was located in the hundred of Thedwastre. It is near the A14 road and is southeast of the town of Bury St Edmunds. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. All Saints' Church dates from the 14th century. The tower was added c.1760 and the church restored in 1866–72. It is a grade II* listed building. Drinkstone windmills are a pair of windmills in the parish consisting of a post mill and a smock mill. Second World War The 2024 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation) of the United States Army Air Force The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ... was stationed here in 1945. Notable people * Joshua Grigby MP, settled in Drinkstone, building a man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradfield St George
Bradfield St. George is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about south of Bury St Edmunds. In 2011 the parish had a population of 420. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is 'broad field'. The ''Domesday Book'' records the population (including Bradfield Combust and Bradfield St Clare) to be 76 people in 1086. In 2001, the population was 386 people (not including Bradfield Combust and Bradfield St Clare). St George's Church contains an east window by the noted Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer Edward Arthur Fellowes Prynne The village has a village hall built in 1955 which holds many events like the village fireworks night, special occasions and Friday night dinner evenings (once monthly). The village had a forge; a wheelwright; a school; a post office; three pubs and a windmill, all of which, other than one of the pubs (Fox and Hounds), are now private houses. The Fox and Hounds closed in 2012 and is no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradfield St Clare
Bradfield St. Clare is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about six miles south of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village's name is "the wide field". The ''Domesday Book'' records the population of Bradfield St. Clare in 1086 to be 76; this includes Bradfield Combust and Bradfield St George. It was at that point held by the St Cleer family (whose name it still bears) on behalf of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. By 1493 it was owned by John Jerveys, and by 1552 was linked to the Davers family. A Church of England school was built in the village 1875, and closed in the 1950s. The village includes the historic Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ... Church of St Clare, Bradfield, the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradfield Combust
Bradfield Combust (or Burnt Bradfield) is a village and former manor and civil parish, now in the parish of Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield, in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is located on the A134 between Windsor Green and Great Whelnetham. In 1961 the parish had a population of 108. In 1988 the parish was merged with Stanningfield. Origin of the name According to Eilert Ekwall, Professor of English at Lund University, the meaning of the village name Bradfield is 'the wide open land (or field)', early spellings being ''Bradefeld'', ''Bradfelda'', and ''Bradefelda''. Combust is derived from ''combusta'', a Latin feminine adjective meaning 'burnt'; or in Middle English ''brent''. History Before the Conquest, the manor was probably owned by Ulfketel, Saxon King of the East Angles, who gave this part of his manor to the monks of St. Edmund, while reserving the lordship. The ''Domesday Book'' records the population of Bradefelda manor, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyton
Beyton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. The village is around east of Bury St Edmunds, south-east of Thurston and north-west of Stowmarket. The main Ipswich to Bury St Edmunds road used to pass through the village – the modern A14 dual carriageway bypasses the village to the north.All Saints, Beyton Suffolk Churches website. Retrieved 2016-04-09. History According to the meaning of the name is homestead by brook or Beaga's homestead. The village is mentioned in the of 1 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ampton
Ampton is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk District of Suffolk, England, about five miles north of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is 'Amma's homestead'. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 63, including Little Livermere and Timworth, increasing to 171 at the 2011 Census. The parish is grouped with Little Livermere and Timworth to form a parish meeting. Ampton currently has 13 listed structures within it, 12 of them Grade II listed and SS Peter & Paul's church being Grade I listed. At the church hang four bells, with the heaviest weighing 8-1 cwt and dating from 1405.Dove's Guide Retrieved 2012-03-21. Most of the village was designated as a Conservation area (United Kingdom), co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
