Hart's Green Explained

Official Name:Hart's Green
Country:England
Region:East of England
Coordinates:52.16°N 0.73°W
Post Town:Bury St Edmunds
Postcode Area:IP
Postcode District:IP29
Shire District:Babergh
Shire County:Suffolk
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Hart's Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lawshall in the Babergh District in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located between Stanningfield and Hanningfield Green and is just over a mile off the A134 between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury.[1] The road that serves Hart's Green is known as Donkey Lane.

Previous names

Donkey Lane was known as Bury Way/Street (and also Netherhall Street) in the 1567 Lawshall Survey. On the east side of Donkey Lane, south of Makin Farm, there is a farm track which was known as The Drift Lane. On the west side of Donkey Lane there was a track known as The Kitchen Lane that led from Carpenters Cottage (previously a public house) to Lawshall Hall.[2]

Listed buildings

English Heritage lists three Grade II Listed buildings within the hamlet of Hart's Green:

It is not possible to provide a complete list of all the publicans (and residents) of the Swan or the verified dates when they took over or left the public house. However, with reference to the Official Census, White's Directory, Post Office Directory and other sources the following list is provided:[7] [8]

Year(s)Publicans (and residents)
1869 William Reeman
1871–82 William Allen
1900–01 Walter Cornish
1911–12 Walter Ransom
1916–22Walter Leech

NB: The above property details usually represent the names and addresses that were used at the time that the buildings were listed. In some instances the name of the building may have changed over the intervening years.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm Get-a-map
  2. Book: Lawshall Parish Council. 2006 . Lawshall: A Guide to Your Village . 16 . Lawshall Parish Council.
  3. Book: Lawshall Village Appraisal Group . 1991 . Lawshall: Past, Present and Future – An Appraisal . Appraisal Group.
  4. Web site: BARFORDS, Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield – 1278803 Historic England . historicengland.org.uk . 16 July 2020 . en.
  5. Web site: The Cottage and Harts Green Cottage, Lawshall – 1285009 Historic England . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  6. Web site: CARPENTERS COTTAGE, Lawshall – 1351805 Historic England . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  7. Web site: The Suffolk Real Ale Guide – Lawshall: Carpenters Arms . Suffolk CAMRA. 2012-02-07.
  8. Web site: London & Southern England Pub History site – Carpenters Arms, Lawshall, Bury St Edmunds. London & Southern England Pub History website. 2012-02-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080706073937/http://londonpublichouse.com/Suffolk/Lawshall/CarpentersArms.shtml. 6 July 2008.