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Thedwastre Hundred
Thedwastre (also Thedwestry) was a 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 twelve miles (19 km) in length and six miles (10 km) wide. It is bounded on the west by the borough of Bury St Edmunds and Thingoe Hundred, on the north and east by Blackbourn and Stow Hundreds, and on the south by Cosford and Babergh Hundreds. It is a fertile district with undulating terrain and watered by streams which rise within its limits and feeding the rivers Thet, Gipping, Lark and Brett. It is in the Deanery of Thedwestry, the Archdeaconry of 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 Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston Sign
Thurston may refer to: Places Antarctica *Thurston Glacier, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica *Thurston Island, off Ellsworth Land, Antarctica United Kingdom *Thurston, Suffolk, England, a village **Thurston railway station *Thurston's Hall, a former snooker and billiards venue in London * Thurston End, a hamlet in Hawkedon parish United States *Thurston County, Nebraska **Thurston, Nebraska, a village *Thurston, New York, a town *Thurston, Ohio, a village *Thurston, Oregon (other), several places * Thurston, Virginia, an unincorporated community *Thurston County, Washington People *Thurston (name), a list of people with this given name or surname Other uses *Thurston Gardens, botanical gardens in Suva, Fiji *Thurston Elementary School, Ann Arbor, Michigan *Thurston High School, Springfield, Oregon *Thurston House (other), several houses on the US National Register of Historic Places * USS ''Thurston'' (AP-77), a World War II troop transport See also *Thurstone *Thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixworth
Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census. History Ixworth was settled by the Romans and was the site of a 1st-century fort.The Willows, Stow Road, Ixworth, Suffolk – Archaeological monitoring and recording Archaeological Solutions Ltd. June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.Ixworth Roman Fort English Heritage. Retrieved 22 January 2013. The fort is believed to have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Barton
Great Barton is a large village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about East of Bury St Edmunds on the A143.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. At the 2011 census the village had a population of 2,191 rising to 2,236 at the 2018 mid year estimate. All the recorded details of burials in Great Barton Churchyard from 1563 to 1992 have been transcribed from the original registers into alphabetical order, together with cross references to the 517 gravestones, as recorded by the Women's Institute Survey in 1979. Great Barton is also home to a radio transmission site in the North of the village. The Puttocks Hill transmitter is 69m tall with a total operating power of 5.8kW, broadcasting three DAB multiplexes including BBC & local radio services. History The village's name derives from Old English words '' Bere'' meaning barley and '' tūn' ... [...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 building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fornham St Martin
Fornham St Martin is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the northern outskirts of Bury St Edmunds off east and west from the A134, in 2005 its population was 1300. Its parish council is shared with neighbouring Fornham St Genevieve, and is known as Fornham St Martin cum St Genevieve Parish Council. Near the current Lark Valley Drive, a smock windmill used to stand. It collapsed in 1927. The village has one public house, the Woolpack, but no shops. Its school closed in the early 1950s. 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, 4 cattle, 12 pigs, and 80 sheep. The Battle of Fornham, a significant battle in English ... [...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. 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 prisoner. Fornham St Genevieve was formed from the Fornham Hall estate, designed by Capability Brown. The parish church was cons ... [...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 Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ... of 1086. Church The church of St Peter 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. Fe ... [...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 was stationed here in 1945. Notable people * Joshua Grigby Joshua Grigby (c. 1731 – 26 December 1798) was a Member of Parliament for Suffolk from 1784 to 1790. He was the son of Joshua Grigby, a solicitor, and Mary Tubby, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. His grandfather, also Joshua Grig ... MP, settled in Drinkstone, building a ma ... [...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. 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 now The Solstice Wellbeing Centre providing ps ... [...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. According to Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village 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. The village is about six miles south of Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds (), commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a historic market town, market, cathedral town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – .... The village includes a church. References External links Villages in Suffolk Borough of St Edmundsbury Civil parishes in Suffolk Thedwastre Hundred {{Suffolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradfield Combust
Bradfield Combust (or Burnt Bradfield) is a village and former Manorialism, manor and civil parish, now in the parish of Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield in Suffolk, England, located on the A134 road, A134 between Windsor Green and Great Whelnetham. In 1961 the parish had a population of 108. In 1988 the parish was merged with Stanningfield to form "Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield". Origin of the name According to Swedish Professor of English at Lund University, Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name of "Bradfield" is "the wide fold" (syn. Bradefeld, Bradfelda, Bradefelda). "Combust" is derived from "Combusta" Latin fem. = burnt or burned; medieval syn. "Brent". History Before Norman conquest of England, the Conquest, the manor was probably owned by Ulfcytel Snillingr, 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 man ... [...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 Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the name is homestead by brook or Beaga's homestead. The village is mentioned in the as Begoton or Begatona.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
