Henstead
| Henstead | |
 Henstead, Church of St Mary |
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  Henstead |
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| OS grid reference | TM495860 |
|---|---|
| District | Waveney |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Beccles |
| Postcode district | NR34 |
| Dialling code | 01502 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Waveney |
Coordinates: 52°24′54″N 1°40′01″E / 52.415°N 1.667°E
Henstead is near Kessingland and the A12 in Suffolk in England. It has a church called Church of St Mary which is a Grade I listed building.[1]
In 1771 the landscape artist, Thomas Hearne spent six weeks with the young George Beaumont in Henstead at the home of the latters tutor at Eton, Revd Charles Davy. For Beaumont it proved the inspiration for his future profession as a landscape painter himself.[2]
The Independent preparatory school The Old School Henstead is also located in the village
References
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (282054)". Images of England.
- ↑ Felicity Owen ‘Beaumont, Sir George Howland, seventh baronet (1753–1827)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004