Edwardstone

Edwardstone
St. Mary's, Edwardstone
Edwardstone
Edwardstone shown within Suffolk
Population	302 (2011)[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sudbury
Postcode district	CO10 5
EU Parliament	East of England

Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street, and Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

History

Edwardstone was listed in the Domesday Book as Eduardestuna.^[2] Edwardstone Priory was a priory in Priory Green, Edwardstone and was founded by Peter, Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John,^[3] the priory was a cell to Abingdon monastery, before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory.^[4]

Listed buildings

Edwardstone has several buildings listed on the National Heritage List for England:

• Edwardstone's parish church, St Mary's, is listed Grade I.^[5]

• Priory Green contains four Grade II listed buildings, the Barn to the North of Lynn's Hall,^[6] Lynn's Hall,^[7] Priory Cottage,^[8] and Priory Green Cottage.^[9]
• Mill Green has five Grade II listed buildings, all timber-framed and plastered houses, Crossways, Earls Cottages, Mill Green Cottage, Moat Farm Cottage, and Sans Souci.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}
• There are four Grade II listed buildings in Round Maple, all timber-framed and plastered: Flushing Farm, an 18th or early 19th century building;^[15] Little Thatch, a renovated 17th to 18th century single-storey building;^[16] Quicks Farm, a house with a red brick front, gable ends;^[17] and Seasons, a single-storey thatched building with attics.^[18]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edwardstone.

• Official website
• St Mary's Church at Suffolkchurches.co.uk
• Edwardstone on the National Historic List for England