Wenham Magna
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St. John's Church |
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Wenham Magna shown within Suffolk
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Population | 150 [1] |
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District | Babergh |
Shire county | Suffolk |
Region | East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Suffolk |
Fire | Suffolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
EU Parliament | East of England |
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Wenham Magna, also known as Great Wenham, is a village and a civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk in eastern England.
The parish also contains the hamlets of Gipsy Row,[2] Vauxhall and Wenham Hill. In 2005 it had a population of 150.[1]
Wenham Magna is the birthplace of Matthew Hopkins, the infamous witchfinder general.[3][4][5] His father, James Hopkins, was a Puritan clergyman and vicar of St John's church[5][6] The family at one point held title "to lands and tenements in Framlingham 'at the castle'".[7][8] James Hopkins was popular with his parishioners, one of whom in 1619 left money to purchase Bibles for his then three children James, John and Thomas.[4]
St John's church
The parish church of St John is a Grade II* listed building.[9]
The chancel is 14th-century with a later, timber-franed, south porch. There is a 14th-century nave with north and south porches and a 15th-century west tower of flint with stone dressings. The rest of the church is plastered with only the stone windows exposed. The church has red plain tiled roofs.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
- ↑ Philip's Street Atlas Suffolk, 2007 edition. p150
- ↑ Gaskill 2005: p. 9
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Deacon 1976: p. 13
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- ↑ Deacon 1976: pp. 13, 17
- ↑ Gaskill 2005: p. 23; Deacon 1976: p. 17; quoting James Hopkins' last will and testament
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Bibliography
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External links
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