Kedington

Village in Suffolk, England

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Human settlement in England

Kedington

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Kedington

Kedington

Location within Suffolk

Population| 2,000 (2022)[1]
Shire county|

* Suffolk

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Haverhill
Postcode district| CB9
Dialling code| 01440

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England
Suffolk

52°05′35″N 0°29′13″E﻿ / ﻿52.093°N 0.487°E﻿ / 52.093; 0.487
Kedington Village Sign

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.

## History

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Known as Kidituna in the Domesday Book (1086), there were 280 people living there at that time. Part of it was formerly in Essex. The puritan, Thomas Barnardiston studied under Calvin in Geneva during the reign of Queen Mary I, but returned to Kedington after the accession of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558 and the consequent Elizabethan Religious Settlement.[2]

## Church of St Peter and St Paul

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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 Anglican minister, Samuel Fairclough (1594-1677) was born nearby in Haverhill and was appointed rector in 1629. However in 1662, following the Archbishop of Canterbury's passage of the Act of Uniformity, Fairclough was ejected for non-conformity[3] and replaced by John Tillotson (1630-1694), who served in the role 1663-1664 and went on to become Archbishop of Canterbury.

## Notable residents

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* Samuel Fairclough (1594-1677), nonconformist divine and Rector of Kedington 1629-1662
* John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694 and Rector of Kedington 1663-1664.
* Philip Skippon (1641-1691), traveller, writer, diarist, landowner and Member of Parliament for Dunwich.
* Peter Wildy (1920-1987), Virologist and Chair of Pathology at the University of Cambridge.

## References

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1. ^ "2022 Mid Year ONS population estimates".
2. ^ "Sir Thomas Barnardiston". geni_family_tree. Geni.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
3. ^ Page, Augustine (1644). A topographical and genealogical history of the County of Suffolk. Ipswich: Frederick Pawsey.

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

## External links

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Media related to Kedington at Wikimedia Commons

* Photos of the church

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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

* West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (UK Parliament constituency)
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