Stowlangtoft
| Stowlangtoft | |
|---|---|
 Church of St George | |
  Stowlangtoft Location withinSuffolk | |
| Population | 270 (2005)[1] 228 (2011)[2] |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bury St Edmunds |
| Postcode district | IP31 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Stowlangtoftis a village andcivil parishin theMid Suffolkdistrict ofSuffolkin easternEnglandtwo miles south-east fromIxworth.Located around five miles north-east ofBury St Edmunds,in 2005 its population was 270.[1]
Name
[edit]The village, originally just Stow, was held by the de Languetot family in the early 13th century.[3]
St George's Church
[edit]For all of Stowlangtoft's small size, St George's is within the group classed as "Great Churches".Simon Jenkinsincluded it in his bookEngland's Thousand Best Churches.[4]The church was built as a single construction project in the late 14th century and barely changed until the restoration work undertaken in the 19th century. The church is in the decorated and later English styles; the chancel contains several richly-carved stalls and monuments to members of the family of D'Ewes.[5]The church and parsonage-house are located on what was once the site of a Roman encampment.[5]Peter Tillemans,one of the founders of the English school ofsportingpainting, was buried in St George's on 7 December 1734.[6]
Samuel Rickardswas rector here for several decades in the mid nineteenth century.[4]
At some point after theDissolution of the monasteries,St George's acquired six 14th-centurymisericords.It is not clear where these misericords originated, but possible candidates areThetford PrioryorBury Abbey.[7]
Stowlangtoft Hall
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Sir Symonds D'Ewes,Bart., the eminent antiquary, lived in Stowlangtoft Hall.[5]The Hall was rebuilt in 1859 forFuller Maitland Wilson.[8]
In 2011 a gruesome-looking tree in the grounds the hall attracted public attention.[8]
Notable residents
[edit]- Thomas Rawlinson,Lord Mayor of Londonin 1753
- Charles Wombwell,cricketer
- Frank Chapman,priest andArchdeacon of Sudbury
- Fuller Maitland Wilson(MP),
- Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson,army officer, son of Fuller Maitland Wilson
- Samuel Rickards,clergyman, opponent of theOxford Movement
- D'Ewes baronets
References
[edit]- ^abEstimates of Total Population of Areas in SuffolkArchived2008-12-19 at theWayback MachineSuffolk County Council
- ^"Civil Parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved28 August2016.
- ^Ekwall, EilertThe Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names(4th ed., 1960) p. 448
- ^abKnott, Simon."St George, Stowlangtoft".www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.Simon Knott.Retrieved6 December2021.
- ^abcStoven - Stowick,A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 234-38british-history.ac.uk, accessed 17 April 2009
- ^Noakes, Aubrey,Sportsmen in a Landscape(Ayer Publishing, 1971,ISBN0-8369-2005-8),pp. 47–56:Peter Tillemans and Early Newmarketat books.google.com, accessed 7 February 2009
- ^Suffolk Churches website, entry for Stowlangtoft,accessed 7 February 2013
- ^abThewlis, Jo (14 June 2011)."Bury St Edmunds: Is the world's scariest tree lurking right here in Suffolk?".East Anglian Daily Times.Archant.Retrieved6 December2021.
External links
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