Hawkedon
| Hawkedon | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church, Hawkedon | |
  Hawkedon Location withinSuffolk | |
| Population | 120 (2005)[1] 134 (2011)[2] |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bury St Edmunds |
| Postcode district | IP29 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Hawkedonis a village andcivil parishin theWest Suffolkdistrict ofSuffolkin easternEngland.Located around 7 miles (11 km) south-south-west ofBury St Edmunds,the parish also contains the hamlet ofThurston End,and in 2005 had a population of 120.[1]The majority of the village is classed as aconservation area.
Etymology
[edit]The name means 'hill of the hawks', derived from theOld Englishhafocmeaning hawk (in the genitive plural), and theOld Englishdūnmeaning hill.
History
[edit]The village is recorded in theDomesday bookwith a population of 24 households in 1086; 10 freemen, 7 smallholders, 5 slaves, & 2 villagers.[3]
In 1870–72,John Marius Wilson'sImperial Gazetteer of England and Walesdescribed the village as:
- HAWKEDON,a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; 5½ miles NNE ofClare r. station,and 10 NW by N of Sudbury. Post town,Stansfield,under Sudbury. Acres, 1,461. Real property, £2,049. Population, 321. Houses, 67. Hawkedon Hall belongs to J. E. Hale, Esq.; and Thurston Hall, to H. J. Oakes, Esq. The living is a rectory in thediocese of Ely.Value, £400. Patron, H. J. Oakes, Esq. The church is ancient, with a tower; and contains an ancient font, and several brasses and monuments. There is a national school.
In 1887,John Bartholomewalso wrote an entry on Hawkedon in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:
- Hawkedon,parish, W. Suffolk, 5½ miles NE. of Clare, 1461 acres, population 278; P.O.[4]
Buildings
[edit]There are many other medieval and listed properties in the parish, notably the Grade I Swan Hall and Thurston End Hall (both fine timber-framed 16th-century houses). The village also has a 1935 listedK6 telephone boxto the west of the pub. There's a total of 19 listed buildings in the parish.[5]
Although there are now no shops, there is a 15th-century pub called The Queen's Head (formerly known as the Queen Inn).[6]
Church
[edit]The 15th-century church, St Mary's is very unusual in that it is placed on the green. It is reputed to be the only church in Suffolk located in this way.[7]It is a Grade Ilistedbuilding, and includes a painted panel depictingSt Dorothyand a square font with carved panels thought to date from the 12th-century.[8]
Notable residents
[edit]Lady Pauline Trevelyan(1816-1866); painter &socialite.
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.Retrieved22 August2016.
- ^"Hawkedon | Domesday Book".opendomesday.org.Retrieved24 January2020.
- ^"Hawkedon | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)".visionofbritain.org.uk.Retrieved7 February2020.
- ^"Listed Buildings in Hawkedon, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk".britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.Retrieved24 January2020.
- ^"Hawkedon summary from".Suffolk Camra.Retrieved15 May2013.
- ^"Suffolk Churches".Suffolk Churches.Retrieved15 May2013.
- ^Good Stuff IT Services."Church of St Mary - Hawkedon - Suffolk - England".British Listed Buildings.Retrieved15 May2013.
External sources
[edit]- HawkedonVision of Britain
External links
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Media related toHawkedonat Wikimedia Commons
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