Drinkstone is a small settlement and civil parish in Suffolk, 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. It is mentioned 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. 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 we ...

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 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 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