23-663: Culford Park in Culford , Suffolk , England, is a country house that is the former seat of the Bacon , Cornwallis and Cadogan families, and now it is the home of Culford School . From at least 1429 the Coote family had lived at Culford and in 1524 Christopher Coote was lord of the manor. In 1540 Culford was granted by the Crown to the Bacon family and in 1591 Sir Nicholas Bacon built
46-434: A Neolithic group. A pagan Anglo-Saxon burial ground was also excavated. The archaeologists revealed that the village moved the mile or so east to its current location following Christianisation. Alongside the recreated village are the archaeological collections formerly housed at Moyse's Hall Museum Bury St Edmunds . These are collections of archaeological findings that were made in the region between Devil's Dyke and
69-548: A means of survival, and supports the idea that they were farmers. The settlers in this area were thought to be from a different area, with German descent being the most likely area, and as such it is interesting to see what farming techniques may be employed by this group. Since the landscapes are quite different, it would be interesting to see if the newly settled group would use a German style of farming in this new terrain. This area helps to provide some insight into these farming adaptations. Within animal husbandry, however, this group
92-676: A member of the Methodist Schools Foundation. The school occupies a former stately home in Culford Park , rebuilt in 1796 for the Cornwallis family. The village's name is derived from the words Cula's Ford , Cula presumed to be name of local leader. The village is mentioned as Culeforde in the S1225 charter of 1040 AD where Thurketel grants the lands to Bury St Edmunds Abbey . The Domesday Book records
115-542: A red-brick hall on the same site as the present house. The estate passed to the Cornwallis family in 1660 and during the middle of the C18 'T Wright' (possibly Thomas Wright (1711(86), the nationally renowned landscape gardener) was employed. Wright produced a map of the park dated 1742 which shows a formal landscape of avenues, rides and vistas, through geometrically shaped blocks of woodland. Between 1790 and 1796 Samuel Wyatt
138-517: Is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6 km) north of Bury St Edmunds and 62 miles (100 km) north east of London in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk , England. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 578, a decrease from 620 recorded at the 2001 census . A tributary of the River Lark , known as Culford Stream, flows through the centre of
161-448: Is evidenced by the glass in the necklaces and other metals that were found at the site, but not produced locally. The Anglo-Saxon community that was found here was not the first to settle in the area. The remains of circular huts with ditched enclosures suggest occupation by Iron Age farmers. There were also tools found that suggest that Mesolithic warriors had hunted in this area, and burial grounds and cultivation which suggest settlement of
184-458: Is open to the public. A major archaeological dig from 1965–1972 headed by Stanley West of West Suffolk Archaeology Unit revealed a well preserved Anglo-Saxon site beneath the sands of the Breckland. West’s findings contributed to much of what is now known about this area. The site’s layout tells us much about the way of life in this period. This area is set up with a large hall in the middle of
207-561: The 60ft span, the largest of the eight surviving cast iron bridges built between 1790 - 1810. The 80 tons of iron castings were produced by Hawks and Co of Gateshead at a cost of £1,457. The bridge is of exceptional interest as one of the earliest bridges with an unmodified cast-iron structure to survive, and is the earliest known example with hollow ribs. The structure received a grade I listing on 15 May 1996. 52°18′03″N 0°41′21″E / 52.300921°N 0.689156°E / 52.300921; 0.689156 Culford Culford
230-942: The Culford Estate between 1824 and 1883, because he regarded it as "a scene of moral debauchery". The first mention of a postal service in Culford is in July 1852, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued. The post office closed in January 1990 and has since been turned into Culford Day nursery. Culford lies in the West Suffolk District of the shire county of Suffolk . The four tiers of government & their respective representatives are: Culford, West Stow and Wordwell Parish Councill has 7 elected members, 4 for Culford, 2 for West Stow and 1 for Wordwell. In terms of community planning
253-511: The death of the sixth Earl in 1933 the estate was sold. The core of the park, together with the house, became the home of Culford School (bought 1935) in whose hands it remain today. Crossing the lake to West of the Hall is an iron bridge constructed by Samuel Wyatt c.1804. The design is closely based on a bridge patented by Wyatt in 1800 and is made of channelled granite abutments from which five tubular cast-iron sections repeated six times form
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#1732780179217276-443: The imperial administration left Britain. The Anglo-Saxons settled in small villages that were generally self-sustaining. Within these self-sufficient communities there is evidence that these peoples were more likely to provide for themselves through a farming lifestyle than a foraging one. Within the archaeological remains there were more domesticated animal species found than wild animal species, indicating less dependence on hunting as
299-414: The late Bronze Age . The swords show holes where rivets or studs held the wooden hilt in place (studs were usually made of bronze except for commanders who had silver-studded swords or for a commander-in-chief who had a gold-studded sword). Among the more interesting findings of the excavations pertain to the farming aspect of this culture. This village, and others like it, replaced Roman farms after
322-655: The line between Littleport and Shippea Hill (i.e. along the borderline of East Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ) from the Stone Age , the Bronze Age and the Iron Age . Findings include the Isleham Hoard of more than 6500 pieces of bronze , in particular swords, spear-heads, arrows, axes, knives, daggers, armour, decorative equipment (in particular for horses) and many fragments of sheet bronze, all dating from
345-532: The major expansion of the designed landscape on all boundaries. From circa 1839 the Rev Edward Benyon continued to embellish the estate. In 1889 the estate was sold again, this time to the fifth Earl Cadogan who commissioned the architect William Young to remodel the house in the Italian style. New stables were built, the gardens were altered and considerable additions made to the village. Following
368-590: The parish does not currently have a Parish Plan or Village Design Statement . West Stow West Stow is a small village and civil parish in West Suffolk , England. The village lies north of Bury St. Edmunds , south of Mildenhall and Thetford and west of the villages of Culford and Ingham in the area known as the Breckland . This area is located near the Lark River Valley and
391-477: The population of Culford in 1086 to be 32 households made up of 2 villagers, 19 freemen, 9 smallholders, and 2 slaves along with 1 cattle, 2 pigs, 85 sheep, and 14 acres of meadow. In April and May 1291, King Edward I stayed at the manor in Culford during his visit to Bury St Edmunds Abbey where he agreed that royal justices would not in future sit within the Liberty of St Edmund . In 1804 The Iron Bridge
414-466: The second half of the 1800s and were built as part of the Culford Estate while those at the edges of the village are post-war and later. The centre of the village, along with the Park, and most of West Stow is a conservation area which was established on 4 December 1997. The village also encompasses the hamlets of Culford Heath and Chimney Mills. Culford is home to Culford School , a public school and
437-479: The village being fed from Ampton Water in Great Livermere . It continues Westward into West Stow before joining the River Lark at Clough Staunch on the edge of Lackford Lakes . The main village developed along a straight road called "The Street" and there are also some smaller residential areas in Culford, like Benyon gardens, a complex of cul-de-sacs. Most of the houses in central Culford date from
460-435: The village surrounded by other houses and structures. This suggests a tight-knit community, with the inhabitants using the large hall for events such as feasts and story-telling. During the excavation 69 houses, 7 halls and 7 other structures were found. The community lived with their extended families in their houses, with each house containing around 10 family members. The people of this area still traded with their homeland, as
483-431: Was commissioned to remodel the house for the first Marquis Cornwallis and in 1791 Humphry Repton (1752-1818) provided advice on landscaping the park, preparing a Red Book in 1792 (Williamson 1993). The estate remained in the Cornwallis family until the second Marquess died in 1823, by which time it had been greatly extended. Culford was sold the following year to Richard Benyon De Beauvoir and an estate map of 1834 shows
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#1732780179217506-464: Was constructed over the tributary of the River Lark , that flows through Culford Park . It was the world's first iron bridge to be constructed with hollow segments, built to the design of Samuel Wyatt , and is the only Grade I listed structure in the parish. Culford's public house , The White Hart (now known as Benyon Lodge), was closed in December 1840 by Richard Benyon De Beauvoir , owner of
529-528: Was settled from around AD 420–650. West Stow Hall is to the north of the village. Its name may come from Anglo-Saxon wēste stōw = "deserted place", rather than "western place". West Stow is home to the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village where visitors may see reconstructed Anglo-Saxon houses, and often living history re-enactments of early medieval life. Fullers Mill Garden run by Perennial ( Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society )
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