Chedburgh

Signpost in Chedburgh
Chedburgh
All Saints' Church
Chedburgh is located in Suffolk
Chedburgh
Chedburgh
Location within Suffolk
Population650 [1]
597 (2011)[2]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBury St Edmunds
Postcode districtIP29
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52°11′20″N 0°37′01″E / 52.189°N 0.617°E / 52.189; 0.617

Chedburgh is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the A143 around five miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 650,[1] reducing to 597 at the 2011 Census.

Great Wood Hill, the highest point in Suffolk, is around 1.7 km (1.1 mi) south of Chedburgh.[3]

History

All Saints Church, Chedburgh is a Grade II* listed building. It is a medieval church, which was subject to major alterations in the nineteenth century. In 1842 the gault brick tower was built with rendered Gothic style openings, a brick spire and crenellated parapets; the chancel was almost completely reconstructed including a mid fourteenth century style window on the eastern side, a roof with ribbed panels in the ceiling a gabled vestry and moulded cornices.[4] Lord Arthur Hervey, president of the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute was vicar here from 1832 to 1856.[5]

RAF Chedurgh

Main article: RAF Chedburgh

On 7 September 1942 South of the Bury Road, RAF Chedburgh opened, in No. 3 Group RAF Bomber Command. Major construction work was carried out by John Laing & Son Ltd., and built to Class A standard, the airfield had three concrete runways, 05-23 at 2,000 yards and 12-30 and 17-35 both at 1,400 yards. In October 1942 214 Squadron moved in flying Short Stirling bombers. Various squadrons followed until December 1946. The airfield site was sold in October 1952, although some hangars were still visible in the 1970s.[6][7] The Bury Road Business Park is located on the former technical site.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 19 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ Bathurst, David (2012). Walking the county high points of England. Chichester: Summersdale. pp. 21–26. ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.
  4. ^ "Church of All Saints, Chedburgh, Suffolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. BLB. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ^ Dow, Leslie (1948). "A Short History of the Suffolk Institute of Archeology and Natural History" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute Archeology and Natural History. XXIV (Part 3): 129–143.
  6. ^ Bowyer, M.J.F. Action Stations: Wartime military airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945 vol. 1. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1979. ISBN 0-85059-335-2.
  7. ^ Wikimapia, Former RAF Chedburgh

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