Hemingstone is a village and
civil parish in the
Mid Suffolk district of
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
in eastern
England located 6.5 miles (11 km) north of
Ipswich.
Hemingstone lies in the hundred of
Bosmere. It is a small parish devoted largely to fruit farming with no significant amenities other than the village hall known as "Hemingstone Hut". The residents shop at the adjacent village of
Coddenham if they do not choose to go further afield. The largest employer in the village is Stonham Hedgerow, a family business manufacturing jams and preserves.
History
According to the 13th century ''
Liber Feodorum
The ''Book of Fees'' is the colloquial title of a modern edition, transcript, rearrangement and enhancement of the medieval (Latin: 'Book of Fiefs'), being a listing of feudal landholdings or fief (Middle English ), compiled in about 1302, but f ...
'' (Book of Fees), the
fee tail granted to
Roland the Farter for the manor was
conditioned on the performance of ''"unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum"'' (one jump, one whistle, and one fart) at the king's court every Christmas.
In 1597 the entire parish was cited before a church court for laxity. This may have been the influence of the incumbent manorial lord, Ralph Cantrell, a recusant Catholic.
Hemingstone Hall
Hemingstone Hall is a Jacobean manor house in Hemingstone close to Ipswich in Suffolk, England. It was built in the early 17th Century, around 1625, for William Style. The house is of two storeys, with attics, and is built to an H-plan in red br ...
is a brick-built Jacobean country house built in the early 17th century. It is a Grade I
listed building.
The Suffolk folk singer
Percy Webb
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use ...
was born in Hemingstone in 1897.
Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to
St. Gregory
Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregori ...
and is Grade I listed.
It lies away from the village, just south of Coddenham on the B1078 road between
Needham Market
Needham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. The town of Needham, Massachusetts, was named after Needham Market.
History
It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. ...
and
Wickham Market
Wickham Market is a large village and electoral ward situated in the River Deben valley of Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area.
It is on the A12 trunk road north-east of the county town of Ipswich, north-east of Wood ...
.
References
*''National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland'', (London: Virtue, 1868)
*Mortlock, Derek P. ''The Popular Guide to Suffolk Churches 1 - West Suffolk'' (Acorn, 1988)
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Villages in Suffolk
Mid Suffolk District
Civil parishes in Suffolk