Rattlesden is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) north-west from the county town of Ipswich, with the nearest town Stowmarket 4 miles (6 km) to the east. The parish includes the hamlets of Hightown Green and Poystreet Green.[3]
| Rattlesden | |
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  Rattlesden Location within Suffolk | |
| Population | 900 [1] 959 (2011)[2] |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bury St Edmunds |
| Postcode district | IP30 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
In 2005 the population of Rattlesden was 900,[1] and for the 2011 Census the returns included the neighbouring parish of Shelland.[citation needed]
The Anglican parish church of St Nicholas dates to the 13th century, with later additions and alterations.[citation needed]
History
editThe village and surrounding area, like much of East Anglia, was a hotbed of Puritan sentiment during much of the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1634, a local wheelwright, Richard Kimball led a relatively large company from Rattlesden to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the wave of emigration that occurred during the Great Migration.[4]
Thomas Cobbold (1680–1752), the brewer who established the Cliff Brewery and first member of the Cobbold family brewing dynasty, was born at Rattlesden. John Pretyman (1753/1754–1817), the Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1793 to 1817, was a curate of the parish.
During the Second World War, Rattlesden was the site of the U.S. Army Air Force heavy bomber base, RAF Rattlesden.[citation needed] The site is now used by the Rattlesden Gliding Club.[citation needed]
In 1975 the historic core of the village became a conservation area under the auspices of the district council and the guidelines of English Heritage.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 19 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ WHITE, WILLIAM (1855). HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK. pp. 492–493.
- ^ Thompson, Roger, Mobility & Migration, East Anglian Founders of New England, 1629-1640, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1994, 212-213.
- Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ed., English Origins of New England Families, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984, 691–92.
External links
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