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Preston St Mary
'The Six Bells' inn, Preston St. Mary
Preston St Mary Location within Suffolk
Population	177 (2011)^[1]
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Sudbury
Postcode district	CO10
UK Parliament	South Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°07′N 0°50′E / 52.12°N 0.84°E / 52.12; 0.84

Preston St Mary is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north-east of Lavenham. The parish includes the hamlets of Rooksey Green and Whelp Street. In 2011 the parish had a population of 177.

The Church of St Mary dates from the 14th and 15th centuries but was rebuilt in 1868 after being struck by lightning in 1758. It is a grade I listed building.^[2]

Preston Hall is a 17th-century grade II* listed country house.^[3]

An episode of Time Team was filmed in the village in 1996.^[4]

References

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^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY (1037055)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ Historic England. "PRESTON HALL (1182472)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Preston St Mary, Suffolk - Treasures of the Roman Field". OV Guide. 11 February 1996. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

External links

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Village website
Preston St Mary Vision of Britain
St Mary's Church Suffolk Churches
Preston St Mary 1830-1850 (Password: StMary)

Media related to Preston St Mary at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Babergh
Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Hadleigh Hamlet Naughton Nayland Nedging Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St Bartholomew Sudbury St Gregory Sudbury St Peter Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Ash Street Brundon Bures Bury Road Drakestone Green Erwarton Fenstead End Flatford Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Lambs Lane Lawshall Green Little Wenham Lower Layham Nedging Tye Oldhall Green Pin Mill Rooksey Green Shotley Gate The Street Thorington Street Upper Layham Windsor Green Withermarsh Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall Bridge Cottage St Mary's Church, Chilton Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Freston Tower Gainsborough's House Giffords Hall Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham Lavenham Guildhall Lavenham Priory Lavenham Wool Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Lawshall Hall St James' Chapel, Lindsey All Saints Church, Little Wenham Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford Melford Hall Milden Castle All Saints Church, Newton Green Smallbridge Hall St Mary's Church, Stoke-by-Nayland St Gregory's Church, Sudbury St Peter's Church, Sudbury Tattingstone Wonder Thorington Hall St Mary's Church, Washbrook Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

v t e Ceremonial county of Suffolk
Boroughs or districts	Babergh East Suffolk Ipswich Mid Suffolk West Suffolk
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Aldeburgh Beccles Brandon Bungay Bury St Edmunds Clare Eye Felixstowe Framlingham Hadleigh Halesworth Haverhill Ipswich Kesgrave Leiston Lowestoft Mildenhall Needham Market Newmarket Orford Saxmundham Southwold Stowmarket Sudbury Woodbridge See also: List of civil parishes in Suffolk
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