Hawstead
| Hawstead, Suffolk | |
 All Saints Church, Hawstead |
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  Hawstead, Suffolk |
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| Shire county | Suffolk |
|---|---|
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°11′53″N 0°43′08″E / 52.198°N 0.719°E
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 | ||||||||||
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| 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
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Horringer | Nowton | Rushbrooke | |
| Whepstead |  |
Great Whelnetham | ||
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| Brockley | Lawshall | Stanningfield |
References
- ↑ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
External links
Media related to Hawstead at Wikimedia Commons