Wissett
Wissett | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Halesworth | |
Postcode district | IP19 | |
Dialling code | 01986 | |
UK Parliament | ||
Wissett is a village and
At the
History
Wissett manor was held by
The artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and Grant's lover the writer David Garnett, lived in Wissett for the summer of 1916.[7] Bell's sister, Virginia Woolf, wrote after visiting them that: "Wissett seems to lull asleep all ambition. Don't you think they have discovered the secret of life? I thought it wonderfully harmonious."
Culture and community
The parish church is dedicated to
The carved wooden statue of St Andrew was crafted from driftwood in 2006 by
The village has a village hall and a
The parish council operates a regular newsletter, The Wissett Web.[3] Valley Farm Vineyard was established in the parish in 1987 and has produced United Kingdom Vineyard Association Gold Medal winning wine.[3][21]
Education
The Wissett School Board was formed in 1878, and the village school opened the following year, 1879. It operated as a
The Wissett Hoards
Early in 2011 two hoards of Bronze Age axe heads and spears, together with a single rapier blade, were discovered in Wissett by two metal detectorists. The hoards were found about nine metres apart. The second hoard was excavated fully by the County Archaeological Team, and expert examination of the objects has shown them to be over 3,000 years old, dating to the Middle Bronze Age.
It is considered unusual to find two hoards so close together. From the identical alloy used in both hoards, it has been suggested that they are contemporary with each other. Several of the items are of a type that have never previously been found together.
In all, fifteen objects were authenticated by the British Museum, and were valued at £4,300. They were purchased by the Halesworth and District Museum.[23]
Notes
- Anglo-Saxon or early Norman periods and were mostly built between the 11th and 14th-centuries. There are around 183 round-tower churches in England, most of them in Norfolk, which has around 124, and Suffolk.[11][13] Four of the churches now in Norfolk were previously in Suffolk before boundary changes in 1974.[12]
References
- ^ East Suffolk District Council, 2019. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ a b c d e f Wissett, Suffolk Heritage Explorer, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ a b c d Wissett, Healthy Suffolk, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ East Suffolk District Council, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Page W (1975) 'Houses of Benedictine monks: Priory of Rumburgh' in A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, pp. 77–79. (Available online at British History Online. Retrieved 2011-05-02.)
- ^ Wissett, Open Domesday. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Vanessa Bell, Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Round Tower Churches Map, The Temple Trail. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Suffolk Churches, Weald and Downland Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ Norfolk Round Tower Churches, Great English Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Hart S (2019) Round Tower Churches, Building Conservation, Cathedral Communications. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Knott S Suffolk churches with round towers, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Welcome to the Round Tower Churches Society, The Round Tower Churches Society. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
- ^ a b Knott S (2019) St Andrew, Wissett, Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Church of St Andrew, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ a b Kiddy M (1997) St Andrew's, Wissett: A Guide. Wissett: St Andrew's church.
- ^ Churches in the Blyth Valley Team Ministry, Blyth Valley Team Ministry. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Wissett Hall, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Manor Farmhouse, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ The Grange, List entry, Historic England. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Williams A (2020) This could be your chance to own a vineyard, East Anglian Daily Times, 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ^ Wissett Board School, Suffolk Archives, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ The Wissett Hoards, Halesworth Museum. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
External links
Media related to Wissett at Wikimedia Commons