Drinkstone is a small settlement and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Its name is derived from Dremic's homestead. It was located in the hundred of Thedwastre.[2] It is near the A14 road and is 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the town of Bury St Edmunds. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
drinkstone, small, settlement, civil, parish, suffolk, england, name, derived, from, dremic, homestead, located, hundred, thedwastre, near, road, miles, southeast, town, bury, edmunds, mentioned, domesday, book, 1086, village, sign, saints, church, location, w. Drinkstone is a small settlement and civil parish in Suffolk England Its name is derived from Dremic s homestead It was located in the hundred of Thedwastre 2 It is near the A14 road and is 6 miles 10 km southeast of the town of Bury St Edmunds It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 Village sign in Drinkstone DrinkstoneAll Saints Church DrinkstoneDrinkstoneLocation within SuffolkArea9 081 km2 3 506 sq mi Population548 2011 1 Density60 km2 160 sq mi OS grid referenceTL9561DistrictMid SuffolkShire countySuffolkRegionEastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBury St EdmundsPostcode districtIP30Dialling code01449PoliceSuffolkFireSuffolkAmbulanceEast of EnglandList of places UK England Suffolk 52 13 N 0 51 E 52 21 N 00 85 E 52 21 00 85 Coordinates 52 13 N 0 51 E 52 21 N 00 85 E 52 21 00 85All Saints Church dates from the 14th century The tower was added c 1760 and the church restored in 1866 72 It is a grade II listed building 3 Drinkstone windmills are a pair of windmills in the parish consisting of a post mill and a smock mill Contents 1 Second World War 2 Notable people 3 References 4 External linksSecond World War EditThe 2024 Quartermaster Truck Company Aviation of the United States Army Air Force was stationed here in 1945 4 Notable people EditJoshua Grigby MP settled in Drinkstone building a mansion at Drinkstone Park in 1760 2 References Edit Civil Parish population 2011 Neighbourhood Statistics Office for National Statistics Retrieved 20 August 2016 a b Goult Wendy 1990 Survey of Suffolk Parish History West Suffolk PDF Ipswich Suffolk County Council ISBN 0860551393 Historic England CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS 1352345 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 11 April 2014 Vogels Fred Thursday 18 January 1945 Back to Normandy Retrieved 29 June 2020 External links Edit Media related to Drinkstone at Wikimedia Commons This Suffolk location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Drinkstone amp oldid 1111982482, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
