Lawshall Green
Lawshall Green | ||
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Shire county | ||
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Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Bury St Edmunds | |
Postcode district | IP29 | |
Lawshall Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lawshall in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located east of Hibb's Green and is less than half a mile off the A134 between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury.[1]
Previous names
Lawshall Green was known as Halk Street Green in the 1567 Lawshall Survey. The road from the Green to the A134 was known as Madges Lane and was also known as The Drove Lane. There was also a lost lane (still marked by the hedge) known as The W(i)elde Lane that ran north-east from the Green.[2]
Listed buildings
- Pond Cottage – An eighteenth/nineteenth century lump building that has been plastered. The roof is thatched with two dormers on the front and a central square chimney stack. The gable is weather-boarded. It was formerly two cottages.[3] Images of England
- The Howes – An eighteenth-century timber-framed house extended and turned into two cottages in the nineteenth century, with sympathetic twentieth century extensions at the east end. The roof is thatched and now has three sloping roofed dormers and a central chimney stack.[3] Images of England
- Trees Farmhouse – An early-mid sixteenth timber-framed and plastered house, with later additions to the north elevations, forming an L-shaped plan. The house was re-roofed, probably in the eighteenth century at a lower pitch and pantiled, with 2 gabled dormers on the front. There is a central square chimney stack. The interior has exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams and joists. Trees Farmhouse was purchased and restored by Derek Moore of Walsham le Willows in 1972, the farmhouse is located immediately north of Lawshall Green.[3] Images of England
NB: The above property details usually represent the names and addresses that were used at the time that the buildings were listed. In some instances the name of the building may have changed over the intervening years.
Drake's Well
The Drake family lived at Thorne Court,
St Edmund Way
The St Edmund Way is a
References
- ^ Get-a-map – enter Lawshall Green in the "search for" box
- ^ Lawshall Parish Council, ed. (2006). Lawshall: A Guide to Your Village. Lawshall Parish Council. p. 16.
- ^ a b c Lawshall Village Appraisal Group, ed. (1991). Lawshall: Past, Present and Future – An Appraisal. Appraisal Group.
- ^ "History – Drake's Well, Lawshall Green". Lawshall Parish Council. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "St Edmund Way – Long Distance Path". The Long Distance Walkers Association. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
An acknowledgement is made to the work of Elizabeth Clarke, the Local History Recorder for Lawshall, whose endeavours obtaining and collating information from various sources has made this article possible.