Hawstead

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Coordinates: 52°11′53″N 0°43′08″E / 52.198°N 0.719°E / 52.198; 0.719
Hawstead, Suffolk

All Saints Church, Hawstead
Hawstead, Suffolk

 Hawstead, Suffolk shown within Suffolk
Shire county Suffolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
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Hawstead is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Bury St. Edmunds between the B1066 and A134 roads, in a fork formed by the River Lark and a small tributary.

Hawstead Place, previously the seat of the Drury family, is now a farmhouse. Sir William Drury was sheriff and knight of the shire for Suffolk.

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Hawstead had a population of 334 with 121 households.[1]

Population change

Population growth in Hawstead from 1801 to 1891
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1881 1891
Population 392 409 404 414 457 520 321 325
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[2]
Population growth in Hawstead from 1901 to 2001
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001
Population 297 292 266 228 256 248 334
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[2]

Location grid

Neighbouring villages, and hamlets
Horringer Nowton Rushbrooke
Whepstead Great Whelnetham
   Hawstead  
Brockley Lawshall Stanningfield

References

  1. ↑ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles". Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 

External links

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