Barnardiston
Encyclopedia
Barnardiston is a village and civil parish
in the St Edmundsbury
district of Suffolk
, England
. The village is located about four miles north-east of Haverhill
off the A143.
The name is first recorded as Bernardeston in 1086 (when the Domesday Book
records the population to be 8) and means 'farmstead of a man called Beornheard.'
Barnardiston is also the location of one of only 32 scheduled ancient monuments in Suffolk, the moats of a medieval rectory.
All Saints church is close by, near Kedington
.
Tour of Britain 2010 Stage 7 went close to the village.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury
St Edmundsbury may refer to:* The old or poetic name for Bury St Edmunds* St Edmundsbury, a borough centred on the town of Bury St Edmunds* The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, the Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and St James's Cathedral, St Edmundsbury...
district of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The village is located about four miles north-east of Haverhill
Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...
off the A143.
The name is first recorded as Bernardeston in 1086 (when the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
records the population to be 8) and means 'farmstead of a man called Beornheard.'
Barnardiston is also the location of one of only 32 scheduled ancient monuments in Suffolk, the moats of a medieval rectory.
All Saints church is close by, near Kedington
Kedington
Kedington is a village located between Clare and Haverhill in south-west Suffolk.Known as Kidituna in the Domesday Book , there were 280 people living there at that time....
.
Present day
Barnardiston Hall boarding school, a mile away from the village, used to be the old village hall and a farm buildings. It has 250 pupils.Tour of Britain 2010 Stage 7 went close to the village.