Description

Bardwell, a village and a parish in Suffolk. The village stands on a tributary of the Little Ouse river, 6 1/2 miles N of Thurston station on the G.E.R., and 8 1/2 NE of Bury St Edmunds, and has a post and money order office under Bury St Edmunds ; telegraph office, Ixworth. The parish comprises 3183 acres; population, 734. Some barrows occur on Bow-beck Heath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £520 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Oxford. The church has a tower, stained glass windows, and some good monuments, and was thoroughly renovated in 1853. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels ; and several ancient charities, which, under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners in 1883, are equally divided between the church, education, and the poor.