Freston, Suffolk
Appearance
Freston | |
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Location within Suffolk | |
Population | 120 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TM 17043 39037 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | IPSWICH |
Postcode district | IP9 |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Freston is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, 4 miles south-east of Ipswich. In 2001 the parish had a population of 122,[1] reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census.[2]
History
[edit]Bubonic plague
[edit]Freston is notable as the location of the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1910. The centre of the outbreak was Latimer Cottages, where it is thought plague-bearing rats may have come ashore with smuggled goods.[3][4] However, the diagnosis of plague has been disputed.[5]
A Neolithic causewayed enclosure lies just south of the village.[6]
Amenities and places of interest
[edit]- St. Peter's Church[7]
- The Freston Boot public house, which closed in 2010[8] and reopened in 2018"Freston Boot - suffolkcamra.co.uk". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- Freston Wood
- Freston Tower, either a lookout tower or a folly
Transport
[edit]For transport there is the B1456 road nearby.
Notable residents
[edit]- William Latymer (1499–1583), evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough from 1560. He was chaplain to Anne Boleyn
- Isaac Eastey (1627-1712), husband of Mary Eastey, who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials
- Clara Reeve (1729-1807), novelist best known for the Gothic novel The Old English Baron
- Foster Barham Zincke (1817-1893), clergyman, a traveller, and an antiquary
References
[edit]- ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics - Freston parish". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Parish population 201 1". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Zwanenberg, D Van (January 1970). "The last epidemic of plague in England? Suffolk 1906-1918". Medical History. 14 (1): 63–74. doi:10.1017/s0025727300015143. PMC 1034015. PMID 4904731.
- ^ Benedictow, Ole Jørgen (2004). The Black Death, 1346-1353: the complete history. Boydell & Brewer. p. 20. ISBN 0-85115-943-5.
- ^ Shrewsbury, J. F. D. (2005). A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-521-02247-9.
- ^ Carter et al. (2021), p. 121.
- ^ "St. Peter's church - suffolkchurches.co.uk". Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "The Boot, Freston". Closed pubs. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Carter, Tristan; Jackson, Nathaniel; Moir, Rose; Challinor, Dana; Diffey, Charlotte (2021). "The Freston causewayed enclosure: new research on the Early Neolithic of Eastern England (Suffolk)". Documenta Praehistorica. XLVIII: 118–141.
External links
[edit]Media related to Freston at Wikimedia Commons
- "Freston Wood EADT Suffolk Magazine Walks by Michael Anderton - anderton.btinternet.co.uk". Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- "Listed buildings in Freston - britishlistedbuildings.co.uk". Retrieved 14 April 2012.