Bardwell, Suffolk

Bardwell is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England. LocationBardwell is located about ten miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds between the villages of Ixworth and Stanton. HistoryThe Domesday Book records the population of Bardwell in 1086 to be 86. The River Blackbourne passes about half a mile west of the village. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "Bearda's Spring" or brim /bank of spring. Until the 20th century there were two working mills in Bardwell, a watermill and a windmill. The watermill has been converted into a house whilst the windmill which is a tower mill, built in 1829 is in the process of restoration to a working mill again. ChurchBardwell has many old buildings including its medieval parish church. In the churchyard is the grave of Henry Addison (VC), born in Bardwell in 1821 he joined the British Army and won the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions in the Indian Mutiny. He returned safely to Bardwell and died in 1887 aged 66 years.

Bardwell is a village and civil parish in the St Edmundsbury district of Suffolk, England. LocationBardwell is located about ten miles north-east of Bury St Edmunds between the villages of Ixworth and Stanton. HistoryThe Domesday Book records the population of Bardwell in 1086 to be 86. The River Blackbourne passes about half a mile west of the village. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is "Bearda's Spring" or brim /bank of spring. Until the 20th century there were two working mills in Bardwell, a watermill and a windmill. The watermill has been converted into a house whilst the windmill which is a tower mill, built in 1829 is in the process of restoration to a working mill again. ChurchBardwell has many old buildings including its medieval parish church. In the churchyard is the grave of Henry Addison (VC), born in Bardwell in 1821 he joined the British Army and won the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions in the Indian Mutiny. He returned safely to Bardwell and died in 1887 aged 66 years.