| 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 |
| 52°08′42″N0°37′37″E / 52.145°N 0.627°E /52.145; 0.627 | |
Hawkedon is a village andcivil parish in theWest Suffolk district ofSuffolk in 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.
The name means 'hill of the hawks', derived from theOld Englishhafoc meaning hawk (in the genitive plural), and theOld Englishdūn meaning hill.
The village is recorded in theDomesday Book with 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 Wales described the village as:
In 1887,John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Hawkedon in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:
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 box to 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]
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 Ilisted building, and includes a painted panel depictingSt Dorothy and a square font with carved panels thought to date from the 12th-century.[8]
Lady Pauline Trevelyan (1816-1866); painter &socialite.
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