Little Cornard is a village and

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in Suffolk, England. Located around from its larger sibling,

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, on the B1508 road between Sudbury and

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, it is part of Babergh district, and has a population of 305, reducing to 286 at the 2011 Census. The parish also includes the hamlet of Workhouse Green. The parish's eastern boundary is the River Stour (also Suffolk's border with

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). The parish is also home to the Cornard Mere Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the Appletree Wood and Mumford Wood wildlife sites.

Church

All Saints Church is a small flint and brick church of the C14 and Cl5. Standing isolated in fields, it is a Grade I listed building. There are six bells hanging in the tower, the oldest two were cast in 1399 and 1597, three were cast around the 1700s, and the sixth bell was newly cast during a restoration process in 2018.

Hymn tune

The village also gives its name to a hymn tune by

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, used for singing Charles E. Oakley's hymn ''Hills of the North, Rejoice'' and for ''Lord of our Growing Years'' by David Mowbray.

Train accident

On 17 August 2010, several people were injured, four seriously, when a train collided with a sewage truck in the village. The two-carriage passenger train collided with the truck at around 17:35 BST.

Dragon legend

There is a legend that on 26 September 1449 a fight between two dragons took place on a meadow by the River Stour. One dragon was black and came from Kedington Hill, Suffolk, the other was red and came from Ballingdon Hill, Essex. After an hour's fighting the red dragon won, and both went back to their hills. The site of the mythical battle is known locally as Sharpfight Meadow.

References

External links

Little Cornard
Vision of Britain
All Saints Church Website
All Saints Church website

Suffolk Churches

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