Edwardstone is a village and civil parish

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 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. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green

Mill Green, Suffolk

Mill Green is a large hamlet in the parish of Edwardstone, in the Babergh District, in the English county of Suffolk. It has a Millennium Green and a wood called Mill Wood.- Features :...

, Priory Green

Priory Green

Priory Green is a hamlet in the Babergh District of the English County of Suffolk. It is in the civil parish of Edwardstone. It is also near the villages of Great Waldingfield and Little Waldingfield. The nearest town is Sudbury...

, Round Maple

Round Maple

Round Maple is a small hamlet in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located near the larger hamlet of Mill Green, in the civil parish of Edwardstone...

 and Sherbourne Street, and the Edwardstone Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest

Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...

. The parish church, St Mary's, is a Grade 1 listed building.

History

Edwardstone was listed 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 Eduardestuna

Edwardstone has a Cricket Team in Hunts County Division 2. The team plays its home games at Homefields Boxford.

External links

• Village website
• St Mary's Church Suffolk Churches
• http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/suffolk/edwardstone