Haughley
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| Haughley shown within Suffolk | |
| Population | 1,638 (2011 Census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stowmarket |
| Postcode district | IP14 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Haughley is a village in the English county of Suffolk.
Haughley is an ancient village and parish in Suffolk overlooking the River Ratt and the Gipping Valley next the A14 corridor. The village stands about two miles from Stowmarket.
The parish anciently divided into the four divisions of Haughley Green, Old Street, New Street and Tothill with a population of 1259 at 2011. The village has evidence of neolithic, pagan, Iron Age, roman and Saxon settlements and is mentioned in the Doomsday Survey of 1086 as Hagala being held by Hugh de Montfront from the Saxon Lord Guthmund. It was first mentioned in the will of Leofgifu a Saxon noblewoman in 1040.
Haughley contains many thatched, painted and listed buildings both in the village and on the surrounding settlements. Haughley Park mansion is one such building built in the 1600s for the Sulyard family following service to Queen Mary I and has been the home of the Williams family since the mid 1960s following a devastating fire in 1961 during its restoration. Another is The White House overlooking the village green, formerly Crown Hall, and was built in 1527 by charter of Henry VIII for Roger Bell; a close friend of the King and "Yeoman of the Keeper of the Kings Cellar". Since 1892 it has been the residence of the Palmer family who have been in Haughley since Tudor times and who are Lords of the Manor of Eye. Plashwood House is another which was built in 1901 and is currently the residence oof the Bevan family since 1907. The previous house was burned down and was the home of the Ray and Tyrell Families. Other buildings of note are Dial Farmhouse c1550 with its carved porch from the village of Wyverstone and depicting deer and Tudor roses; Chilton and Mulbra House formerly the Guildhall with an impressive Queen post roof and a painting of St Blaise and finally New Bells Farmhouse a moated farm of Tudor times with origins of a possible Dane settlement.
Haughley Parish Church is an example of an early English medieval Church on the site of a Norman chapel. It is dedicated to the "Assumption of the Virgin Mary" and a Toy fair was held annually in August to celebrate this until the 1870s. It has a South tower c1200 which contains five bells dating back to the medieval period. The first recorded priest was an Italian, John de Monte Luelli, in the early 13th century Prior to the reformation it was on the "Pilgrims Way" to the Shrine of St Edmund at Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Visitors would worship at the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Haughley which contained a piece of the true cross of Christ in return for a papal remission of their sins. It contains many fine memorials and hatchments as well as remains of medieval stained glass and a fine carved roof. The church was endowed to the Abbey of Haighley Hailes in Gloucestershire by Richard Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans in thanks to God for his survival at sea. His son Henry of Almain was born at Haughley Castle and baptised here. He was murdered in the church of San Lorenzo in Virtebo by Simon and Guy Montfront in revenge for the death of their father at the Battle of Evesham. The most recent Church clock was erected in 1903 a gift of the Bevan family. Previous clocks had been erected from the 1697 onwards replacing a public sundial removed by the Woods family. The current incumbent is the Rev David Swales. A URC chapel formerly worshiped regularly in the village until its recent closure and now works closely with the Church of England in Haughley for worship.
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