Little Cornard Explained

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Static Image Caption:All Saints Church
Official Name:Little Cornard
Country:England
Region:East of England
Coordinates:52.018°N 0.769°W
Post Town:SUDBURY
Postcode Area:CO
Postcode District:CO10
Dial Code:01787
Civil Parish:Little Cornard
Shire County:Suffolk
Shire District:Babergh
Population:286
Population Ref:(2011)[1]

Little Cornard is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around 0.5miles from its larger sibling, Great Cornard, on the B1508 road between Sudbury and Colchester, it is part of Babergh district, and has a population of 305,[2] reducing to 286 at the 2011 Census. The parish also includes the hamlet of Workhouse Green.

The parish's eastern boundary is the River Stour (also Suffolk's border with Essex). The parish is also home to the Cornard Mere Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the Appletree Wood and Mumford Wood wildlife sites.

Church

All Saints Church is a small flint and brick church of the C14 and Cl5. Standing isolated in fields, it is a Grade I listed building.[3] There are six bells hanging in the tower, the oldest two were cast in 1399 and 1597, three were cast around the 1700s, and the sixth bell was newly cast during a restoration process in 2018.[4]

Hymn tune

The village also gives its name to a hymn tune by Martin Shaw, used for singing Charles E. Oakley's hymn Hills of the North, Rejoice[5] and for Lord of our Growing Years[6] by David Mowbray.

Train accident

See main article: 2010 Sudbury train accident. On 17 August 2010, several people were injured, four seriously, when a train collided with a sewage truck in the village. The two-carriage passenger train collided with the truck at around 17:35 BST.[7]

Dragon legend

There is a legend that on 26 September 1449 a fight between two dragons took place on a meadow by the River Stour. One dragon was black and came from Kedington Hill, Suffolk, the other was red and came from Ballingdon Hill, Essex. After an hour's fighting the red dragon won, and both went back to their hills. The site of the mythical battle is known locally as Sharpfight Meadow.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 24 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790519 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Babergh
  3. Web site: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Little Cornard 1181529. Historic England. 10 April 2021.
  4. Web site: All Saints Church. VCS Parish Church Websites. 9 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Hills of the North, Rejoice .
  6. Web site: Lord of Our Growing Years .
  7. Web site: Suffolk Train and Lorry Level Crossing Smash Injures 21. BBC News Online. 18 August 2010. 17 August 2010.
  8. Book: Ash, Russell . 1973 . Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain . Reader's Digest Association Limited . 241 . 9780340165973 .