Hitcham is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in Suffolk, England. Located on the B1115 road, between Hadleigh and

Stowmarket Stowmarket ( ) is a market town in Suffolk, England,OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edm ...

, it is part of Babergh district. The parish contains the

hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

of Bird Street, Cook's Green and Cross Green. The population of the parish of

Wattisham Wattisham is a village and civil parish near to the town of Stowmarket in Suffolk, England. From the 2011 Census the population of the parish was 110, according to the ONS, included in the civil parish of Hitcham, Suffolk, Hitcham. Wattisham Air ...

is also included.

Notable residents

* John Spring (?-1547), cloth merchant *

Edmund Rous Sir Edmund Rous (by 1521 – 1572 or later), of Dunwich, Suffolk, was an English landowner, magistrate, MP and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland. Origins John Leland the antiquary, who lived in Sir Edmund's time, wrote:"Al the Rousis that be in Southf ...

(by 1521 – 1572 or later), landowner, magistrate, MP and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland * Nicholas Clagett the Younger (1654–1727), clergyman, controversialist, and

Archdeacon of Sudbury The Archdeacon of Sudbury is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in its five rural deaneries; Clare, Ixworth, Lavenham, Sudbury and Thingoe. ...

* William Burkitt (1650-1703), biblical expositor and

vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

and lecturer *

John Stevens Henslow John Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861) was a British priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to his pupil Charles Darwin. Early life Henslow was born at Rochester, Kent, the son of a solicit ...

(1796-1861),

clergyman Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the ter ...

, botanist and

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, best remembered as friend and mentor of

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...

. * Harry Graham (1905-1979), Anglican priest and Archdeacon of Richmond

References

External links

Village website
Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District {{suffolk-geo-stub