Edwardstone
Sign in to savethumb|Edwardstone Village Sign Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street. In 2021 the parish had a population of 375. The parish borders Boxford, Great Waldingfield, Groton, Little Waldingfield, Milden and Newton. Edwardstone has a church called St Mary's Church. There are 32 listed buildings in Edwardstone. The parish contains the Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Bulls Cross Wood, part of the Milden Thicks SSSI.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Edwardstone
- UK place.civil_parish
- Edwardstone
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.post_town
- Sudbury
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO10
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Suffolk
- UK place.shire_district
- Babergh
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.population
- 375
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.555
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +375
- Official website
- www.thelocalchannel.co.uk/Edwardstone/home.aspx
- Image
- St Mary's Church, Edwardstone, Suffolk - from the south.jpg
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thumb|Edwardstone Village Sign Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street. In 2021 the parish had a population of 375. The parish borders Boxford, Great Waldingfield, Groton, Little Waldingfield, Milden and Newton. Edwardstone has a church called St Mary's Church. There are 32 listed buildings in Edwardstone. The parish contains the Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Bulls Cross Wood, part of the Milden Thicks SSSI. Langley Wood, in Round Maple and Sherbourne House Meadows are County Wildlife Sites.
== History == The name "Edwardstone" means 'Eadweard's farm/settlement'. Edwardstone was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Eduardestuna. Edwardstone Priory was a priory in Priory Green and was founded by Peter, Bishop of Winchester during the reign of King John; the priory was a cell to Abingdon monastery, before the monks resident were moved to Colne Priory. The priory may be the origin of the place name "Priory Green".