Bruisyard
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Bruisyard is a village in the valley of the River Alde
in the county of Suffolk
, England
. The village has a population of ~175. The village sign depicts Saint Clare of the Order of the Poor Clares who had an abbey in Bruisyard until the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII (see below). The village sign was commissioned by the Parish Council in 2004 and made by the sculptor Anne Smith http://www.annesmithart.co.uk. The construction of a new village hall on the Parish Park was completed in December 2009 with support from many funding bodies including the Big Lottery Fund. The village hall was formally opened in July 2010. The village hall has a stained glass window by the artist Sharon McMullin depicting the local flora and fauna, and nine low relief plaster panels by the sculptor Anne Smith showing past and present local scenes of which the central panel shows the Domesday book entry for Bruisyard (Buresiart).
There used to be a wine-making vineyard in Bruisyard but this closed in 2002 http://www.bestloved.com/attractions/bruisyard-vineyard-and-herb-centre-in-saxmundham-suffolk-midshires-england-uk.php.
Bruisyard's name is in the Domesday Book
as Buresiart and seems to have come from Anglo-Saxon gebūres geard = "peasant's enclosure".
, rare in England as a whole, but much more common in East Anglia
. Pevsner
dates the windows in the nave and south chapel to the early 16th century.
River Alde
The River Alde is a river in Suffolk, England, with a source near Laxfield in the same area as the River Blyth. Initially a stream, it becomes tidal and widens considerably when it reaches Snape. It meanders east past Aldeburgh, after which this part of the river was named...
in the county 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 has a population of ~175. The village sign depicts Saint Clare of the Order of the Poor Clares who had an abbey in Bruisyard until the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII (see below). The village sign was commissioned by the Parish Council in 2004 and made by the sculptor Anne Smith http://www.annesmithart.co.uk. The construction of a new village hall on the Parish Park was completed in December 2009 with support from many funding bodies including the Big Lottery Fund. The village hall was formally opened in July 2010. The village hall has a stained glass window by the artist Sharon McMullin depicting the local flora and fauna, and nine low relief plaster panels by the sculptor Anne Smith showing past and present local scenes of which the central panel shows the Domesday book entry for Bruisyard (Buresiart).
There used to be a wine-making vineyard in Bruisyard but this closed in 2002 http://www.bestloved.com/attractions/bruisyard-vineyard-and-herb-centre-in-saxmundham-suffolk-midshires-england-uk.php.
Bruisyard's name is in 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...
as Buresiart and seems to have come from Anglo-Saxon gebūres geard = "peasant's enclosure".
St Peter's church
The village church is a Grade 1 listed building and dates back to at least Saxon times. The church is an example of a round-tower churchRound-tower church
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...
, rare in England as a whole, but much more common in East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
. Pevsner
Pevsner
Pevsner is a surname, and may refer to:* Antoine Pevsner , a Russian sculptor* Sir Nikolaus Pevsner , a German-born British scholar of the history of architecture;** ....
dates the windows in the nave and south chapel to the early 16th century.
Bruisyard Hall
The Manor House of Rokes Hall converted in 1364 to the Abbey of the Poor Clares. The Nunnery was dissolved in 1539 by Henry VIII. An Elizabethan Manor House was built on the site incorporating some of the older building.External links
- Website with photos of Bruisyard St Peter, a round-tower churchRound-tower churchRound-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...
- http://www.saxmundhamcommunity.org.uk
- http://bruisyard.com/