Thorpe Morieux
| Thorpe Morieux | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | Bury St Edmunds | |
| Postcode district | IP30 | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Thorpe Morieux (/məˈruː/ ⓘ Mə-ROO) is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is 10 miles south-east of Bury St Edmunds and 10 miles north east of Sudbury.
Located in
Ancient Woodland. It was anciently in the Cosford Hundred
.
There are 14 listed buildings in the parish, mostly grade II with the grade II* Thorpe Hall and the grade I parish church of St Mary the Virgin.[2]
The village is located on the river Brett.
History
The
Roger the Poitevin and Bury St Edmunds Abbey.[3]
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as:
- THORPE-MORIEUX, a parish, with a village, in Cosford district, Suffolk; 3¼ miles NNE of Lavenham r. station. Post town, Bildestone, under Ipswich. Acres, 2,457. Real property, £3,570. Pop., 447. Houses, 98. The manor belongs to H. Sparrow, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £656.* Patron, The Rev. T. T. Harrison. The church is good.[4]
In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Thorpe Morieux in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:
- Thorpe Morieux, par.and vil., Suffolk, 3 miles NE. of Lavenham and 9 miles SE. of Bury St Edmunds, 2457 ac., pop. 416; P.O[5]
Notable residents
- Robert Coe (1589-1689), early English settler in New England, and magistrate.
- Tom Francis (born 1999), actor
- William Harrison (1837-1920), Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
- Peregrine Rhodes KCMG (1925-2005), diplomat.
- Courtenay Warner 1st Baronet, CB (1857–1934), politician.
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Listed Buildings in Thorpe Morieux, Babergh, Suffolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Thorpe [Morieux] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "THORPE-MORIEUX | As described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Thorpe Morieux | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thorpe Morieux.
- Thorpe Morieux Parish Website
- St Mary's Church Suffolk Churches
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