Stanningfield
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Stanningfield is part of Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield parish.
Population (2021) of Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield: 585.
Local authority for Bradfield Combust with Stanningfield is West Suffolk
Introduction
The pub and most of the houses lie on Hoggards Green close to Bradfield Combust, with which the village has recently been merged to form a "super-parish".
De Vossen began brewing in the old Fox building during mid-2020, specialising in Belgian-style beers (the name is Flemish for "The Foxes"), though brewing is currently paused but it's hoped it will restart before too long.
In Elizabethan times it was a centre of Roman Catholic recusancy. Coldham Hall was built in 1574 and contains priest holes and various escape routes leading to the chimney stacks and under the floor. The house was also used to hold illegal Mass ceremonies. One inhabitant of the hall, Ambrose Rokewode, was later executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot; his horses were to have been used by the plotters to escape. The village sign shows Guy Fawkes holding a lighted taper to barrels of gunpowder.
A Romano-British pottery kiln, dating from the 3rd or 4th century was found in Stanningfield.
Stanningfield was recorded in Domesday as "Stanfella" or "Stanesfelda".
History
1912 Kelly's also lists Edwin Leonard Atkinson (Beer retailer, pub not named) [Red House?]
1916 Kelly's also lists Edwin Leonard Atkinson (Beer retailer, pub not named) [Red House?]
1922 Kelly's also lists Edwin Leonard Atkinson (Beer retailer, pub not named) [Red House?]
Acknowledgements
Some historical information from English Heritage's National Monuments Record.
