Hemingstone is a village and

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in the

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district of Suffolk in eastern

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located 6.5 miles (11 km) north of

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. 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 Coddenham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located to the north of the A14 road (England), A14 road, 8 miles north of Ipswich, the parish also includes the hamlet of Coddenham Green. In 2005 ...

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 ''

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'' (Book of Fees), the

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granted to

Roland the Farter Roland the Farter (known in contemporary records as Roland le Fartere, Roulandus le Fartere or Roland le Petour) was a medieval flatulist who lived in twelfth-century England. Roland the Farter's given name was George. He was given Hemingstone man ...

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 is a brick-built Jacobean country house built in the early 17th century. It is a Grade I

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. The Suffolk folk singer Percy Webb was born in Hemingstone in 1897.

Parish church

The parish church is dedicated to St. Gregory and is Grade I listed. It lies away from the village, just south of Coddenham on the B1078 road between

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and Wickham Market.

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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