Stanstead, Suffolk

Stanstead
Village sign, Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead Stanstead shown within Suffolk
Population	319 (2011)^[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sudbury
Postcode district	CO10 9A
EU Parliament	East of England
List of places UK England Suffolk

Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 0°40′59″E / 52.1°N 0.683°E / 52.1; 0.683

Stanstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around 4 miles (6 km) from Sudbury, and is part of Babergh district. It is about 2 kilometres (1 mi) from Glemsford, 12 miles (19 km) from Hadleigh, and 4 miles (6 km) from Lavenham.

Etymology

The name Stanstead is Anglo Saxon for "stony place" and it is easy to appreciate how this came about when viewing the surrounding fields, particularly in the lower part of the village, which are strewn with glacial flint. There is much evidence of earlier Iron Age and Roman settlements in the surrounding area.^[2]

Geography

Stanstead is situated in Glem Valley to the north east of Sudbury. The Parish borders Long Melford in the west, Glemsford to the south, Boxted to the east and Shimpling to the north.

The village is "T shaped", the lower half of the settlement (Lower Street) follows the B1066 along the bottom of the valley past the old Stanstead osier beds. The upper part of the village is reached by a 30-metre climb up the hill past Stanstead Hall towards the church and a cluster of houses, a small green and then on to Upper Street and Blooms Hall Lane.^[2]

Governance

Stanstead lies in the Babergh district of the shire county of Suffolk. The three tiers of local government are administered by

Transport

Shimpling is served by one bus service operated by H.C. Chambers & Son:

Education

The village is served by Hartest CEVCP School, a primary school currently catering for pupils aged 5–11.^[3]

Older children attend Sudbury Upper School and Arts College.^[4]

Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Stanstead had a population of 316 with 127 households.^[5]

Population change

Population growth in Stanstead from 1801 to 1891
Year	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1881	1891
Population	258	284	341	353	387	412	369	368
*Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time^[6]*

Population growth in Stanstead from 1901 to 2001
Year	1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	2001
Population	326	265	291	270	247	276	316
*Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time^[6]*

Notable former residents

Edmund Rice

References

↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
1 2 "Introduction to Stanstead Parish Council". Retrieved 2011-02-28.
↑ "Hartest CEVCP School". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
↑ "Sudbury Upper School and Arts College". Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
↑ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-02-28.
1 2 "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

External links

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Parish Council website
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Babergh

Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh

Civil parishes	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland with Wissington Nedging with Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke by Nayland Stratford St Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone

Other settlements	Ash Street Audley End Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Burstallhill Bury Road, Lawshall Calais Street Castling's Heath Chelsworth Common Cock Street Cornard Tye Cuckoo Tye Drakestone Green East End Fenstead End Gipsy Row Gosling Green Hadleigh Heath Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane, Lawshall Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Lower Holbrook Lower Raydon Mill Green Naughton Nayland Nedging Nedging Tye Newman's Green Parliament Heath Polstead Heath Priory Green Rooksey Green Rose Green, Lindsey Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Smithwood Green Swingleton Green Sherbourne Street Shop Corner Stackyard Green Stone Street Tattingstone White Horse The Street, Lawshall Thorington Street Upper Somerton Washmere Green Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Wissington Washbrook Washbrook Street White Street Green Withermarsh Green Workhouse Green

Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints Church Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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