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Edwardstone
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Edwardstone
Location within Suffolk
Area7.555 km2 (2.917 sq mi)
Population375 (2021 census)
•  Density 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Edwardstone
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Sudbury
Postcode district CO10
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°02′38″N0°49′59″E / 52.044°N 0.833°E / 52.044; 0.833
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Edwardstone Village Sign

Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street, and Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. In 2021 the parish had a population of 375. [1] The parish boarders Boxford, Great Waldingfield, Groton, Little Waldingfield, Milden and Newton. [2]

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History

The name "Edwardstone" means 'Eadweard's farm/settlement'. [3] Edwardstone was listed in the Domesday Book as Eduardestuna. [4] Edwardstone Priory was a priory in Priory Green and was founded by Peter, Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John, [5] the priory was a cell to Abingdon monastery, before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory. [6] The priory may be the origin of the place name "Priory Green". [7]

The village was the birthplace of John Winthrop, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [8]

Historical writings

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as: [9]

EDWARDSTONE, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 4½ miles E of Sudbury r. station, and 5½ W of Hadleigh. Post town, Waldingfield, under Sudbury. Acres, 1,872. Real property, £3, 851. Pop., 462. Houses, 103. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Ely. A cell to Abingdon abbey was founded here, in 1114, by the Munchenses; and given, in 1160, to Colne priory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £203.* Patron, Hon. H. Corry. The church has an ancient brass; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £45.

In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Edwardstone in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description: [10]

Edwardstone, par., W. Suffolk, 4½ miles E. of Sudbury sta., 1872 ac., pop. 438; contains E. Hall.

Edwardstone was in the Babergh hundred, from 1894 until 1974 it was in Cosford Rural District in the administrative county of West Suffolk. [11] In 1974 it became part of Babergh non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk.

In 1960 the village school closed. [12] Edwardstone House School, an independent school closed on 31 August 1993. [13]

Listed buildings

There are 31 listed buildings in Edwardstone, [14] some include:

Notable residents

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  16. ↑ Historic England, "Crossways (1037309)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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  22. ↑ Historic England, "Sans Souci (1037312)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 December 2016
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