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Chelmondiston
Village and civil parish in Suffolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, five miles south-east of Ipswich. The hamlet of Pin Mill lies within the parish on the south bank of the River Orwell. The village comprises approximately 500 dwellings and has a population of just over 1,000. It is one of the largest villages situated on the Shotley Peninsula.[2]
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History
The etymology of the word Chelmondiston is perhaps ‘Ceolmund’s dwelling’. The parish contains a number of Bronze Age barrow sites. Chelmondiston and Pin Mill do not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086.[3] It was formerly known as Chelmington[4] and was located in the old hundred of Babergh.[5]
Churches
The original parish church of St. Andrew was described in 1865 as an "old, small, dilapidated edifice, with a square tower",[6] and it was subsequently rebuilt by architect Edward Charles Hakewill. On 10 December 1944, during World War II, a flying bomb hit Hakewill's church and it was almost completely destroyed.[7] In 1951, Basil Hatcher was commissioned to provide a replacement. The modern St. Andrew's church includes a set of stained glass windows made by Francis Skeat in the 1960s.[8] There is also a Methodist church on the Main Road and a Baptist church on Pin Mill Road.
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Notable residents
- John Henley (1692–1756) clergyman, writer and poet, also known as 'Orator Henley' and noted for his showmanship and eccentricity.
- George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) Anglican priest, poet and musician.
- Princess Muna al-Hussein (born Antoinette Gardiner in 1941) wife of Hussein of Jordan.
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