Coordinates: 52°06′40″N 0°29′56″E / 52.111°N 0.499°E
| Barnardiston | |
 All Saints church, Barnardiston |
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 Barnardiston
Barnardiston shown within Suffolk |
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| Population | 206 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | TL710480 |
| District | St Edmundsbury |
| Shire county | Suffolk |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Barnardiston (
/bɑrnərˈdɪstən/ bar-nər-dis-tən)[1] is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England. The village is located about four miles north-east of Haverhill off the A143.
The name is first recorded as Bernardeston in 1086 (when the Domesday Book records the population to be 8) and means 'farmstead of a man called Beornheard.'[2]
Barnardiston is also the location of one of only 32 scheduled ancient monuments in Suffolk, the moats of a medieval rectory.[3]
All Saints church is in the centre of Barnardiston. Barnardiston Parish forms part of the Stourhead Benefice, sharing a rector with Kedington, Little Wratting, Great Wratting, Little Thurlow, Great Thurlow, Little Bradley and Great Bradley.
Present day
Barnardiston Hall boarding school, a mile away from the village, used to be the old village hall and farm buildings. It has 250 pupils.
Tour of Britain 2010 Stage 7 went close to the village.
References
- ^ Daniel Jones, Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary (13th ed., 1967), p. 40.
- ^ A.D. Mills, Dictionary of English Place-Names (Oxford UP, 2nd ed., 1998), p. 25.
- ^ Suffolk Annual Report, 2002
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