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Polstead is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The village lies 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Nayland, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Hadleigh and 9 miles (14 km) north of Colchester. It is situated on a small tributary stream of the River Stour. In 2011 the parish had a population of 851.
The Gospel Oak was a veteran tree in Polstead, Suffolk.The tree is associated with Saint Cedd, who reputedly planted it or preached beneath it.The oak tree is thought to have been named for its association with an annual church service, reputedly held beneath it for more than a millennium, and the tree is said to have been the oldest in the county when it collapsed in November 1953.
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England. A. Acton, ... Playford, Polstead, Poslingford, Preston St Mary; R
The Red Barn Murder was an 1827 murder in Polstead, Suffolk, England. A young woman, Maria Marten, was shot dead by her lover William Corder at the Red Barn, a local landmark. The two had arranged to meet before eloping to Ipswich. Corder sent letters to Marten's family claiming that she was well, but after her stepmother spoke of having ...
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This is a list of settlements in Suffolk by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 . In 2011, there were 18 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Suffolk , shown in the table below.
Suffolk contains five local government districts, which are part of a two-tier non-metropolitan county administered by Suffolk County Council. The Suffolk coastline, which includes parts of the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape , is a complex habitat , formed by London Clay and crag underlain by chalk and therefore susceptible ...
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as: [8] BOXFORD, a village and a parish in Gosford district, Suffolk. The village stands on an affluent of the river Stour, 4½ miles WSW of Hadleigh r. station, and 6 ESE of Sudbury; and has a post office† under Colchester, and fairs on Easter Monday and 21 Dec.—