Fornham All Saints

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Fornham All Saints
Location within Suffolk
Population1,160 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference TL837676
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP28
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52°16′36″N0°41′29″E / 52.2767°N 0.6915°E / 52.2767; 0.6915
All Saints, the parish church of Fornham All Saints (2008) All Saints, the parish church of Fornham All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 2296257.jpg
All Saints, the parish church of Fornham All Saints (2008)

Fornham All Saints is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England in the West Suffolk district. It is north-northwest of the town of Bury St Edmunds and 500m west of Fornham St Genevieve. Fornham All Saints is one of a trio of contiguous villages by the River Lark. The other villages are Fornham St Genevieve and Fornham St Martin.

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The village sign depicts a helmet and crossed swords commemorating two battles that took place here. In c902 King Edward the Elder fought off his cousin, Æthelwold ætheling, to retain the English crown. In 1173 Henry II defeated the Earl of Leicester and a Flemish army at the Battle of Fornham. Today the historic village is more peaceful. It appears on John Speed's 1610 map as "Fernham omnium Sanctorum".

There's evidence of a small prehistoric or Roman settlement near Pigeon Lane, with as many as four hut circles. Prehistoric causeway and trenches on the river terrace remain only as cropmarks but were described by Suffolk County Council as "major Neolithic ritual monuments." [2]

The journalist and author Harold Begbie was born in Fornham, St. Martin, in 1871.

Fornham Park Lock, River Lark Fornham Park Lock, River Lark - geograph.org.uk - 639703.jpg
Fornham Park Lock, River Lark

The Three Kings pub, offering food and accommodation, is on the western outskirts of the village, at the junction of the A1101 and B1106.

The church of All Saints, the parish church of Fornham All Saints, is a Grade I listed building. [3] Surviving parts of the church from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries have been heavily restored during the Victorian period 1863-4. The south doorway dates from the twelfth century and the south porch from the fifteenth century. There is fifteenth century wood carving in the form of roof bosses and also 8 pairs of fifteenth century benches displaying animals on the armrests and a poppy head design. The south aisle roof is a nineteenth century restoration.

There is a war memorial in the village in the form of a Latin cross of Portland stone. It commemorates the 13 people killed in the World Wars of the twentieth century. 12 people died in the First World War, and one died in the Second World War. The details of those who served in those two wars are to be found in the parish church Rolls of Honour displayed there. 74 village men served in the First World War; 33 men and 9 women served in the Second World War. The photographs and personal details of the war dead are displayed in the parish church's Debt of Honour Register. [4]

Medieval harness pendant (1250-1400) found at Fornham All Saints Medieval harness pendant (FindID 34240).jpg
Medieval harness pendant (1250-1400) found at Fornham All Saints
Twitchetts End, Fornham All Saints (2016) Twitchetts End, Fornham All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 4856377.jpg
Twitchetts End, Fornham All Saints (2016)
Fornham All Saints (2007) wheat fields, British Sugar factory chimney in the distance. Fields at Fornham All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 613688.jpg
Fornham All Saints (2007) wheat fields, British Sugar factory chimney in the distance.
The Three Kings public house, Fornham All Saints (2016) The Three Kings public house, Fornham All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 4856378.jpg
The Three Kings public house, Fornham All Saints (2016)
Fornham All Saints War Memorial (2015) Fornham All Saints War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 4389894.jpg
Fornham All Saints War Memorial (2015)

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120213232841/http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/965877E1-6B93-4F16-BA2C-C06BF1E3002D/0/RollingEstatesandlands.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. ↑ "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Fornham All Saints - 1031300 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Search".

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