Drinkstone is a small settlement and civil parish in

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, England. Its name is derived from Dremic's homestead. It was located in the

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of Thedwastre. It is near the A14 road and is southeast of the town of

Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as ''Bury,'' is a cathedral as well as market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk District, West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St. Edmunds an ...

. It is mentioned in the

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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 Drinkstone Windmills are a pair of windmills at Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. They consist a post mill and a smock mill. The post mill is Grade I listed and the smock mill is Grade II* listed. The mills were known as Clover's Mills as they wer ...

are a pair of windmills in the parish consisting of a post mill and a smock mill.

Second World War

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was stationed here in 1945.

Notable people

* Joshua Grigby MP, settled in Drinkstone, building a mansion at Drinkstone Park in 1760.

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Villages in Suffolk Mid Suffolk District Civil parishes in Suffolk Thedwastre Hundred {{Suffolk-geo-stub