Stowlangtoft
| Stowlangtoft | |
 Church of St George |
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  Stowlangtoft |
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| Population | 270 [1] |
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| District | Mid Suffolk |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Coordinates: 52°16′37″N 0°52′26″E / 52.277°N 0.874°E
Stowlangtoft is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England two miles south-east from Ixworth. Located around five miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 270.[1]
Name
The village, originally just Stow, was held by the de Languetot family in the early 13th century.[2]
St George's
For all of Stowlangtoft's small size, St George's is within the group classed as "Great Churches". The church was built as a single construction project in the late 14th century and barely changed until the restoration work undertaken in the 19th century. The church is in the decorated and later English styles; the chancel contains several richly-carved stalls and monuments to members of the family of D'Ewes.[3] The church and parsonage-house are located on what was once the site of a Roman encampment.[3] Sir Symonds D'Ewes, Bart., the eminent antiquary, lived in the Hall.[3] Peter Tillemans, one of the founders of the English school of sporting painting, was buried in St George's on 7 December 1734.[4]
At some point after the Dissolution of the monasteries, St George's acquired six 14th-century misericords. It is not clear where these misericords originated, but possible candidates are Thetford Priory or Bury Abbey.[5]
Horror tree
In the grounds of Stowlangtoft Hall, there is a gruesome-looking tree attracting many visitors .
References
- 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed., 1960) p. 448
- 1 2 3 Stoven - Stowick, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 234-38 british-history.ac.uk, accessed 17 April 2009
- ↑ Noakes, Aubrey, Sportsmen in a Landscape (Ayer Publishing, 1971, ISBN 0-8369-2005-8), pp. 47–56: Peter Tillemans and Early Newmarket at books.google.com, accessed 7 February 2009
- ↑ Suffolk Churches website, entry for Stowlangtoft, accessed 7 February 2013
External links
Media related to Stowlangtoft at Wikimedia Commons