Wickhambrook

Wickhambrook

All Saints church, Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook
 Wickhambrook shown within Suffolk
Population 1,170 (2005)[1]
DistrictSt Edmundsbury
Shire countySuffolk
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Newmarket
Postcode district CB8
Police Suffolk
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Ambulance East of England
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Coordinates: 52°10′12″N 0°33′04″E / 52.170°N 0.551°E / 52.170; 0.551

Wickhambrook is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is located around 10 miles (16 km) south-west from Bury St Edmunds, halfway to Haverhill, off the A143 road. Wickhambrook is the largest village by area in the county of Suffolk with a population of 1170 in 2005.[1]

The village was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Wicham".

Settlements

The parish contains a number of hamlets and eleven village greens:

spread over a 6.5 square mile area.

In 2011 St Edmundsbury Borough Council announced that Wickhambrook is to lose one of its Greens. Lady's Green is to become part of Ousden. The date of this is change is still to be determined as the change is still under review.

The Village has three places of worship: All Saints' Church - Anglican (OS grid TL7554) on Church Road near the B1063 road; the United Reformed Church, at Meeting Green on Cemetery Road; and the Methodist Chapel at the intersection of Shop Hill (B1063) and Cemetery Road. In former times there was a Free Chapel in the grounds of Badmondisfield Hall its date of closure is not recorded.

There are three formal burial sites in the village: the original churchyard of All Saints', which was closed by an Order in Council in 1890 (except that in 1934 George V made an Order allowing the burial of Alexander McKechnie, Vicar of Wickhambrook);[2] a small number of burial plots in the grounds of the United Reformed Church; and finally the cemetery to be found on Cemetery Road which also hosts a small Chapel and the village War Memorial.

Bullock's Mill was a post mill built at Thorns about 1830. It was demolished about 1914; some remains can be seen. Another mill stood on the road towards Hargrave until 1920. A third mill dating from the 18th century, stood in the south of the parish near Denston until 1969.

Present day

Wickhambrook (centre - OS grid TL7455) hosts a number of facilities.

Farms in the area include Brookhouse Farm just off A143 and Rolfes Farm further north.

Alf Hicks' biscuit barrel award is awarded each year for outstanding service to the village.

References

  1. 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Suffolk County Council
  2. ↑ The London Gazette dated 9 October 1934, p. 6373
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