Lawshall Green

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Lawshall Green
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Lawshall Green – track to Trees Farm
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Lawshall Green
Location within Suffolk
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Bury St Edmunds
Postcode district IP29
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°08′57″N0°44′47″E / 52.1491°N 00.7464°E / 52.1491; 00.7464

Lawshall Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lawshall in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located east of Hibb's Green and is less than half a mile off the A134 between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury. [1]

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Previous names

Lawshall Green was known as Halk Street Green in the 1567 Lawshall Survey. The road from the Green to the A134 was known as Madges Lane and was also known as The Drove Lane. There was also a lost lane (still marked by the hedge) known as The W(i)elde Lane that ran north-east from the Green. [2]

Listed buildings

English Heritage lists two Grade II Listed buildings within the hamlet of Lawshall Green:

NB: The above property details usually represent the names and addresses that were used at the time that the buildings were listed. In some instances the name of the building may have changed over the intervening years.

Drake's Well

The Drake family lived at Thorne Court, Shimpling and they worshipped at All Saints Church, Lawshall. The family would drive along the private road from Thorne Court to Lawshall Green. Charles Frederick Tyrwitt Drake died on 23 June 1878 and was buried in Jerusalem. In his memory the family commissioned the digging of Drake's Well and the provision of a handsome cover to be placed over the well. It remains an impressive feature as one enters Lawshall from the A134. [4]

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Footpath to Lawshall Green – part of St Edmund Way

St Edmund Way

The St Edmund Way is a long distance footpath that extends from Sudbury to Bury St Edmunds and connects the Stour Valley Path with the Lark Valley Path. The St Edmund Way passes through Long Melford and Lavenham before reaching Lawshall Green where it progresses northward to Stanningfield and Little Whelnetham and then onwards to Bury St Edmunds. The total length of the route is 13 miles and Lawshall Green represents the half-way point. [5]

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References

  1. Get-a-map – enter Lawshall Green in the "search for" box
  2. Lawshall Parish Council, ed. (2006). Lawshall: A Guide to Your Village. Lawshall Parish Council. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 3 Lawshall Village Appraisal Group, ed. (1991). Lawshall: Past, Present and Future – An Appraisal. Appraisal Group.
  4. "History – Drake's Well, Lawshall Green". Lawshall Parish Council. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. "St Edmund Way – Long Distance Path". The Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

An acknowledgement is made to the work of Elizabeth Clarke, the Local History Recorder for Lawshall, whose endeavours obtaining and collating information from various sources has made this article possible.