Euston, Suffolk

Human settlement in England

Euston

Euston

Location within Suffolk

Population| 130 (2005)[1]
138 (2011)[2]
District|

* West Suffolk

Shire county|

* Suffolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Thetford
Postcode district| IP24
Dialling code| 01842
Police| Suffolk
Fire| Suffolk
Ambulance| East of England
UK Parliament|

* West Suffolk

List of places

England
Suffolk

52°22′30″N 0°47′10″E﻿ / ﻿52.375°N 0.786°E﻿ / 52.375; 0.786
Euston Village Sign

Euston is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, on the A1088 two miles south of Thetford.

## Etymology

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The name of the village was first recorded in Domesday Book, and may have been of Anglo-Saxon origin. It has been suggested that it is derived from "Efe's Tun", with "tun" referring to a farmstead and Efe being a personal name.[3]

## Geography

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The parish contains Euston Hall and the surrounding Euston Park designed by William Kent and Capability Brown, as well as the Fakenham Wood SSSI. The parish's northern border is the River Little Ouse, which marks the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk. Euston Hall is the country seat of the Duke of Grafton.

## St Genevieve Church

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The parish church in Euston Park is dedicated to Saint Genevieve. The foundation stone was laid by the Duchess of Grafton in 1676; it is the only church in Suffolk to have been built in the 17th century, and is on the site of an earlier medieval building.[4] It has a four-stage tower and round headed windows in a style called "Venetian tracery". The interior is noted for the original wooden box pews, screen and pulpit. Some medieval brasses survive, as well as fine monuments to the Dukes of Grafton buried in the church and the adjacent churchyard. The church is a Grade I Listed building.[5] It is open to the public in the summer months, but regular traditional Sunday services are held throughout the year. The Parish of Euston is part of the Blackbourne Team Ministry.[6]

The Church of St Genevieve, Euston South side of Church of St Genevieve

## Other

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The Icknield Way Path passes through the village on its 110-mile journey from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Knettishall Heath in Suffolk. The Icknield Way Trail, a multi-user route for walkers, horse riders and off-road cyclists also passes through the village.

Barnham Heath Site of Special Scientific Interest is on the western edge of the parish, which also includes land in the Breckland Farmland and Forest SSSI units.[7]

Euston Park Endurance is a facility for endurance riding. The Endurance World Championships 2012 took place in Euston Park.

## References

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1. ^ Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
3. ^ "How London's Terminal Stations Got Their Names". Londonist. 15 September 2014.
4. ^ The Suffolk Churches Site - St Genevieve, Euston
5. ^ British Listed Buildings - Church of St Genevieve, Euston
6. ^ A Church Near You - Euston, St Genevieve
7. ^ Breackland Farmland SSSI map, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

## External links

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West Suffolk

Towns|

* Brandon
* Bury St Edmunds
* Clare
* Haverhill
* Mildenhall
* Newmarket

Civil parishes|

* Ampton
* Bardwell
* Barnardiston
* Barnham
* Barningham
* Barrow
* Barton Mills
* Beck Row, Holywell Row and Kenny Hill
* Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield
* Bradfield St Clare
* Bradfield St George
* Brockley
* Cavendish
* Cavenham
* Chedburgh
* Chevington
* Coney Weston
* Cowlinge
* Culford
* Dalham
* Denham
* Denston
* Depden
* Elveden
* Eriswell
* Euston
* Exning
* Fakenham Magna
* Flempton
* Fornham All Saints
* Fornham St Genevieve
* Fornham St Martin
* Freckenham
* Gazeley
* Great Barton
* Great Bradley
* Great Livermere
* Great Thurlow
* Great Whelnetham
* Great Wratting
* Hargrave
* Hawkedon
* Hawstead
* Hengrave
* Hepworth
* Herringswell
* Higham
* Honington
* Hopton
* Horringer
* Hundon
* Icklingham
* Ickworth
* Ingham
* Ixworth
* Ixworth Thorpe
* Kedington
* Kentford
* Knettishall
* Lackford
* Lakenheath
* Lidgate
* Little Bradley
* Little Livermere
* Little Thurlow
* Little Whelnetham
* Little Wratting
* Market Weston
* Moulton
* Nowton
* Ousden
* Pakenham
* Poslingford
* Rede
* Red Lodge
* Risby
* Rushbrooke with Rougham
* Santon Downham
* Sapiston
* Stansfield
* Stanton
* Stoke-by-Clare
* Stradishall
* Thelnetham
* The Saxhams
* Timworth
* Troston
* Tuddenham
* West Row
* Westley
* West Stow
* Whepstead
* Wickhambrook
* Withersfield
* Wixoe
* Wordwell
* Worlington

Grade I listed buildings|

* Coldham Hall
* St Edmundsbury Cathedral
* St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds
* Northgate House
* Bury St Edmunds Guildhall
* Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
* St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish
* Clare Priory
* St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare
* Ancient House, Clare
* Hengrave Hall
* All Saints' Church, Icklingham
* Ickworth House
* The Iron Bridge, Culford Park
* St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
* St Andrew's Church, Sapiston
* All Saints Church, Wordwell

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