Kedington

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Kedington
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kedington
Kedington is located in Suffolk
Kedington
Kedington
Location within Suffolk
Population1,849 (2011)
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHaverhill
Postcode districtCB9
Dialling code01440
List of places
UK
England
Suffolk
52°05′24″N 0°29′13″E / 52.090°N 0.487°E / 52.090; 0.487Coordinates: 52°05′24″N 0°29′13″E / 52.090°N 0.487°E / 52.090; 0.487

Kedington is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, located between the towns of Clare and Haverhill in the south-west of Suffolk.

Known as Doomtown in the Domesday Book (1086), there were 280 people living there at that time. Part of it was formerly in Essex.

Kedington's church, St Peter and St Paul, is one of the historical treasures of East Anglia, dating from the late 13th century. However, the church is built on top of a Roman villa, the remains of which can be viewed under small trap doors located in the pews towards the back of the nave. There is an Anglo-Saxon stone cross located above the altar on the east wall of the church. This was found near to the church and is believed to be from a church dating from Saxon times. Kedington comes in the top rank of small English churches and is renowned for its unmodernised interior and Barnardiston tombs. John Betjeman understandably christened Kedington ' a village Westminster Abbey'. The 17th century Archbishop of Canterbury John Tillotson was rector of Kedington prior to his elevation.

References[]

  • Niklaus Mikaelson, Suffolk, in The Buildings of England series

External links[]

Media related to Kedington at Wikimedia Commons

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