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Henstead
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Henstead, Church of St Mary
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Henstead
Location within Suffolk
Population408 (2011 Census, parish)
OS grid reference TM495860
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Beccles
Postcode district NR34
Dialling code 01502
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Suffolk
52°24′54″N1°40′01″E / 52.415°N 1.667°E / 52.415; 1.667

Henstead is a village in the civil parish of Henstead with Hulver Street, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It has a church called Church of St Mary which is a Grade I listed building. [1] It has very few housing areas, and is a rural area. It is situated near Rushmere and Kessingland and the A12.

The parish has a population of 408, , which contains many very similar sized civil parishes.

The Private preparatory school, The Old School Henstead, is also located in the village.

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The Old School, Henstead.

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The church has a Norman doorway, and an embattled tower. The village stands three miles from the coast, and five miles south-east of Beccles railway station.

History

The name "Henstead" means 'Hen place'. [2] In 1771 the landscape artist, Thomas Hearne spent six weeks with the young George Beaumont in Henstead at the home of the latter's tutor at Eton, Charles Davy (a priest). For Beaumont it proved the inspiration for his future profession as a landscape painter himself. [3] Through time, Henstead has had a history of having job opportunities mainly in agriculture, retail and handicraft.

In 1831, out of a total of 144 people, 107 worked in agriculture, 20 worked in retail and handicraft, and 17 worked in other domains. [4]

Map of Henstead from the 20th century Henstead Historical map.png
Map of Henstead from the 20th century

The structure of jobs in Henstead has not changed, it is still a rural area, with most jobs available in the agricultural domain. For example in 1881, around 130 jobs were in the agricultural domain, the highest of all sectors.
This is a description from the 1870s:

The parish contains also the hamlet of Hulver, which has a post office under Beccles. Acres, 1, 918. Real property, £2, 090. Pop., 534. Houses, 120. [5]

Henstead has had a history of a poor social structure:

In 1831, 134 people lived in Henstead and 106 of those were labourers or servants. [6] There were very few occupations that offered high wages, most were in primary industry.

A map of Henstead from the 20th century is shown to the left.

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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1182832)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Henstead Pacey Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Felicity Owen ‘Beaumont, Sir George Howland, seventh baronet (1753–1827)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  4. ↑ "Henstead AP/CP through time | Industry Statistics | Males aged 20 & over, in four industrial categories". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.
  6. ↑ "Henstead AP/CP through time | Social Structure Statistics | Social Status, based on 1831 occupational statistics". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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