Coordinates: 52°10′59″N 0°46′01″E / 52.183°N 0.767°E
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Bradfield Combust shown within Suffolk |
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| Shire county | Suffolk |
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| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| List of places: UK • England • Suffolk | |
Bradfield Combust is a village in Suffolk, England. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "the wide fold". The Domesday Book records the population of Bradfied Combust in 1086 to be 76 including those resident in Bradfield St Clare and Bradfield St George. The name Bradfield Combust is said to have derived from an incident in 1327, when an angry mob burned down Bradfield Hall, the home of the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds (source "The English", Jeremy Paxman 1998). However, it is asserted (Dymond & Northeast, 1985) that a Bradfield Hall inside the Abbey at Bury St Edmunds was burnt down during an insurrection of the same year. Thus there has arisen some debate as to the naming of the village and the circumstances surrounding it. Bradfield Hall at Bradfield Combust is best known as the seat of the Young family, whose most eminent member was Arthur Young (1741-1820), the famed agriculturalist and socio-political writer and campaigner for the rights of agricultural workers. The present stone and brick Hall was built in 1857 on the exact site of its predecessor, by Arthur John Young. It lies adjacent to a moated area, probably modified (Suffolk County Sites & Monuments Record SF791), but of antiquity. The church (All Saints) is dated 1066-1539 AD (Suffolk County Sites & Monuments Record SF465); the tomb of Arthur Young lies in the churchyard (Atkinson R G, 1986)
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