Freston, Suffolk

Freston is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk , England, located on the Shotley Peninsula , 4 miles south-east of Ipswich . In 2001 the parish had a population of 122, ^[1] reducing slightly to 120 at the 2011 Census. ^[2]

History [ edit ]

Bubonic plague [ edit ]

Freston is nospan as the location of the last outbreak of bubonic plague in England in 1910. The centre of the outbreak was Latimer Cottages, where it is thought plague-bearing rats may have come ashore with smuggled goods. ^[3] ^[4] However, the diagnosis of plague has been disputed. ^[5]

Amenities and places of interest [ edit ]

St. Peter's Church ^[6]
The Freston Boot public house, which closed in 2010 ^[7] and reopened in 2018 "Freston Boot - suffolkcamra.co.uk" . Retrieved 14 November 2018 .
Freston Wood
Freston Tower , either a lookout tower or a folly

Transport [ edit ]

For transport there is the B1456 road nearby.

Nospan residents [ edit ]

William Latymer (1499–1583), evangelical clergyman, Dean of Peterborough from 1560. He was chaplain to Anne Boleyn
Isaac Eastey (1627-1712), husband of Mary Eastey , who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials
Clara Reeve (1729-1807), novelist best known for the Gothic novel The Old English Baron
Foster Barham Zincke (1817-1893), clergyman, a traveller, and an antiquary

References [ edit ]

^ "Neighbourhood Statistics - Freston parish" . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 19 April 2012 .
^ "Parish population 201 1" . Retrieved 10 September 2015 .
^ Zwanenberg, D Van (January 1970). "The last epidemic of plague in England? Suffolk 1906-1918" . Medical History . 14 (1): 63–74. doi : 10.1017/s0025727300015143 . PMC 1034015 . PMID 4904731 .
^ Benedictow, Ole Jørgen (2004). The Black Death, 1346-1353: the complete history . Boydell & Brewer. p. 20. ISBN 0-85115-943-5 .
^ Shrewsbury, J. F. D. (2005). A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles . Cambridge University Press . pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-521-02247-9 .
^ "St. Peter's church - suffolkchurches.co.uk" . Retrieved 14 April 2012 .
^ "The Boot, Freston" . Closed pubs . Retrieved 14 November 2018 .

External links [ edit ]

Media related to Freston at Wikimedia Commons

"Freston Wood EADT Suffolk Magazine Walks by Michael Anderton - anderton.btinternet.co.uk" . Archived from the original on 24 July 2008 . Retrieved 14 April 2012 .
"Listed buildings in Freston - britishlistedbuildings.co.uk" . Retrieved 14 April 2012 .

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[1] "Neighbourhood Statistics - Freston parish" . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 19 April 2012 .

[2] "Parish population 201 1" . Retrieved 10 September 2015 .

[3] Zwanenberg, D Van (January 1970). "The last epidemic of plague in England? Suffolk 1906-1918" . Medical History . 14 (1): 63–74. doi : 10.1017/s0025727300015143 . PMC 1034015 . PMID 4904731 .

[4] Benedictow, Ole Jørgen (2004). The Black Death, 1346-1353: the complete history . Boydell & Brewer. p. 20. ISBN 0-85115-943-5 .

[5] Shrewsbury, J. F. D. (2005). A History of Bubonic Plague in the British Isles . Cambridge University Press . pp. 509–510. ISBN 0-521-02247-9 .

[6] "St. Peter's church - suffolkchurches.co.uk" . Retrieved 14 April 2012 .

[7] "The Boot, Freston" . Closed pubs . Retrieved 14 November 2018 .

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