Culford

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Culford is a small village about four miles north of Bury St Edmunds in the English county of Suffolk. It is home to Culford School, a member of the Methodist Schools Foundation. The school occupies a former stately home in Culford Park, built in 1796 for the Cornwallis family.

The village public house, The White Hart, (now known as Benyon Lodge) was closed in December 1840 by Richard Benyon, owner of the Culford Estate between 1824 and 1883, because he regarded it as "a scene of moral debauchery".[1]

The first mention of a postal service in the village is in July 1852, when a postmark known as an undated circle was issued. However, the post office closed in January 1990.


[edit] References

  1. ^ "Landowners and their motives for change at the Suffolk village of Culford between 1793 and 1903", by Isabel Jones,The Historian, No 93, Spring 2007, p 34-37.
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