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St Andrew's Church, Chelmondiston
Chelmondiston is located in Suffolk
Chelmondiston
Chelmondiston
Area 5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population 1,054 (2011)
• Density 204/km2 (530/sq mi)
OS grid reference TM204372
District
  • Babergh
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town IPSWICH
Postcode district IP9
Police Suffolk
Fire Suffolk
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament
  • South Suffolk
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
51°59′22″N 1°12′31″E / 51.98950°N 1.20861°E / 51.98950; 1.20861

Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley Peninsula, five miles south-east of Ipswich. The hamlet of Pin Mill lies within the parish on the south bank of the River Orwell. The village comprises approximately 500 dwellings and has a population of just over 1,000. It is one of the largest villages situated on the Shotley Peninsula.

History

The etymology of the word Chelmondiston is perhaps ‘Ceolmund’s dwelling’. The parish contains a number of Bronze Age barrow sites. Chelmondiston and Pin Mill do not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was formerly known as Chelmington and was located in the old hundred of Babergh.

Churches

The original parish church of St. Andrew was described in 1865 as an "old, small, dilapidated edifice, with a square tower", and it was subsequently rebuilt by architect Edward Charles Hakewill. On 10 December 1944, during World War II, a flying bomb hit Hakewill's church and it was almost completely destroyed. In 1951, Basil Hatcher was commissioned to provide a replacement. The modern St. Andrew's church includes a set of stained glass windows made by Francis Skeat in the 1960s. There is also a Methodist church on the Main Road and a Baptist church on Pin Mill Road.

Notable residents

  • John Henley (1692–1756) clergyman, writer and poet, also known as 'Orator Henley' and noted for his showmanship and eccentricity.
  • George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) Anglican priest, poet and musician.
  • Princess Muna al-Hussein (born Antoinette Gardiner in 1941) wife of Hussein of Jordan.

See also

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