Chelmondiston
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Suffolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Chelmondiston
|os_grid_reference= TM204372
|coordinates = {{coord|51.98950|1.20861|display=inline,title}}
|area_total_km2 = 5.17
|population = 1,054
|shire_district= Babergh
|region= East of England
|shire_county = Suffolk
|constituency_westminster= South Suffolk
|post_town= IPSWICH
|postcode_district = IP9
|postcode_area= IP
|dial_code= 01473
|static_image = St. Andrews church, Chelmondiston, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 282514.jpg
|static_image_width = 240px
|static_image_caption= St Andrew's Church, Chelmondiston
}}
Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, five miles south-east of Ipswich. The hamlet of Pin Mill lies within the parish on the south bank of the River Orwell. The village comprises approximately 500 dwellings and has a population of just over 1,000. It is one of the largest villages situated on the Shotley Peninsula.{{cite web|title=Chelmondiston and Pin Mill Parish website|url=http://chelmondiston.onesuffolk.net/about-our-parish/local-government/
|publisher=OneSuffolk|accessdate=12 April 2012}}
History
The etymology of the word Chelmondiston is perhaps ‘Ceolmund’s dwelling’. The parish contains a number of Bronze Age barrow sites. Chelmondiston and Pin Mill do not appear in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{cite web|title=Pin Mill conservation area appraisal|url=http://www.babergh.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4E00D309-9A1C-4938-8800-656B1D7F1E1E/0/PINMILL.pdf|publisher=Babergh District Council|accessdate=13 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120829205532/http%3A//www.babergh.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4E00D309%2D9A1C%2D4938%2D8800%2D656B1D7F1E1E/0/PINMILL.pdf|archivedate=29 August 2012}} It was formerly known as Chelmington{{cite web|title=The English Home of Mr. Timothy Dalton, Parish of Woolverstone|url=http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/HAMPTON/biog/dalton/10.htm|publisher=Privately printed, 1898|accessdate=14 April 2012|archive-date=2 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210518/http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/HAMPTON/biog/dalton/10.htm|url-status=dead}} and was located in the old hundred of Babergh.{{cite web|title=Relationships/unit history of Chelmondiston|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10251916|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224080321/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10251916|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2012|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=12 April 2012}}
Churches
The original parish church of St. Andrew was described in 1865 as an "old, small, dilapidated edifice, with a square tower",{{cite web|title=Post Office Directory of 1865|url=http://historyofsuffolk.co.uk/Chelmondiston/index.shtml|publisher=The History of Suffolk site|accessdate=13 April 2012|archive-date=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807025533/http://historyofsuffolk.co.uk/Chelmondiston/index.shtml|url-status=dead}} and it was subsequently rebuilt by architect Edward Charles Hakewill. On 10 December 1944, during World War II, a flying bomb hit Hakewill's church and it was almost completely destroyed.{{cite web|title=Memories of Pin Mill - 7 December 2005|url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/memories_of_pin_mill_1_105929|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420005350/http://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/memories_of_pin_mill_1_105929|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 April 2013|publisher=Eastern Daily Press|accessdate=18 April 2012}}
In 1951, Basil Hatcher was commissioned to provide a replacement. The modern St. Andrew's church includes a set of stained glass windows made by Francis Skeat in the 1960s.{{cite web|title=St Andrew, Chelmondiston |url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/chelmondiston.html|publisher=Suffolk Churches|accessdate=2 January 2011}} There is also a Methodist church on the Main Road and a Baptist church on Pin Mill Road.
Notable residents
- John Henley (1692–1756) clergyman, writer and poet, also known as 'Orator Henley' and noted for his showmanship and eccentricity.
- George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) Anglican priest, poet and musician.
- Princess Muna al-Hussein (born Antoinette Gardiner in 1941) wife of Hussein of Jordan.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Chelmondiston}}
- {{cite web
| title = Parish Council website - chelmondiston.onesuffolk.net
| url =http://chelmondiston.onesuffolk.net/
| accessdate =10 April 2012}}
- {{cite web
| title = St Andrew's Church - suffolkchurches.co.uk
| url =http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/chelmondiston.html
| accessdate =10 April 2012}}
- {{cite web
|title = Chelmondiston Methodist Church - eamethodist.org.uk
|url = http://www.eamethodist.org.uk/churches.php?Chelmondiston
|accessdate = 10 April 2012
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120312225652/http://www.eamethodist.org.uk/churches.php?Chelmondiston
|archive-date = 2012-03-12
|url-status = dead
}}
- {{cite web
| title = Chelmondiston Baptist Church - gracebaptistpartnership.org.uk
| date =August 2011
| url =http://www.gracebaptistpartnership.org.uk/planting-churches-2/chelmondiston/
| accessdate =13 April 2012}}
- {{cite web
| title = Listed Buildings in Chelmondiston - britishlistedbuildings.co.uk
| url =http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/suffolk/chelmondiston
| accessdate =14 April 2012}}
- {{cite web
|title = Chelmondiston profile by Oxford Consultants for Social Inclusion commissioned by Suffolk ACRE - suffolkacre.org.uk
|url = http://www.suffolkacre.org.uk/ruralmaps/Suffolk%20Settlement%20Profiles/Chelmondiston.pdf
|date = September 2007
|accessdate = 12 April 2012
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225912/http://www.suffolkacre.org.uk/ruralmaps/Suffolk%20Settlement%20Profiles/Chelmondiston.pdf
|archive-date = 2016-03-03
|url-status = dead
}}
- {{cite web
| title = Pin Mill Sailing Club - pmsc.org.uk
| url =http://www.pmsc.org.uk/
| accessdate =9 April 2012}}
- [http://www.chelmondiston.info Village website]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - Chelmondiston Web Site (broken link)
- [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOHUN.htm BOHUN family]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706060139/http://www.btinternet.com/~gumbleton/misc/census1881.html Census 1881]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110317152746/http://www.censusfinder.com/england-census-records7.htm Links to further census records]
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