Hardwick, Suffolk

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Hardwick is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Bury St Edmunds, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. In 1971 the parish had a population of 4.[1]

History

The name "Hardwick" means 'Herd farm'.[2] Hardwick was an extra-parochial area, it belonged to Bury Abbey and contained Hardwick House,[3] it became a civil parish in 1858. In 1889 it became part of the administrative county of West Suffolk and in 1894 it became part of Thingoe Rural District.[4] In 1937 the ecclesiastical parish was abolished and merged with Norton.[5] In 1974 it became part of the St Edmundsbury district in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk. On 1 April 1988 the civil parish was abolished.[6] In 2003 the area of the former parish became part of Bury St Edmunds civil parish, in 2019 St Edmundsbury district was abolished and the area of the former parish became part of West Suffolk district.

References

  1. ^ "Population statistics Hardwick CP/ExP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Hardwick Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Hardwick". GENUKI. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Relationships and changes Hardwick ExP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Hardwick" (PDF). Suffolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ^ "The St. Edmundsbury (Parishes) Order 1988" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 November 2020.


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