Brightwell, Suffolk

Brightwell
Brightwell Location within Suffolk
Population	57 (2001 census)[1]
Civil parish	Brightwell
District	East Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	IPSWICH
Postcode district	IP10
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Suffolk Coastal
Website	http://www.brightwell.suffolk.gov.uk//

Brightwell is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is located 7 miles east of Ipswich and 4 miles south west of Woodbridge.^[2]: 73 Adjacent parishes include Foxhall, Bucklesham, Martlesham and Newbourne. There is the A12 road nearby.

It has a church dedicated to St John the Baptist.

History

In the fifteenth century Brightwell Manor was possessed by William Curzon.^[3] His son, Sir Robert Curson, Knt., created a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire by the Emperor Maximilian for his gallantry against the Turks, was a Yorkist conspirator and declared a traitor in 1501, although was later back in favour at the English Court. It is possible that Brightwell was forfeited by him in 1501 as he is thereafter referred to as "of Ipswich".^[4][5] Brightwell Hall was extensively remodelled about 1663 by Sir Samuel Barnardiston MP, leader of the Suffolk Whigs and a deputy Governor of the East India Company. It was demolished in about 1755 but traces of the park's parterres and garden walks still remain.

Brightwell Church and Village by John Constable

John Constable painted a landscape in oil in 1815 of Brightwell.^[6]

Population

The population at the 2011 Census was only minimal and was included in the civil parish of Foxhall.

References

1. "Check Browser Settings". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
2. Barker, Horace R. (1909). East Suffolk Illustrated. Bury St Edmunds: Frederick George Pawsey.
3. Corder, Joan, FSA., editor, The Visitation of Suffolk, 1561 by William Hervey, Clarenceux King of Arms, London, 1981, vol.1, p.175.
4. Blatchly, John, and Haward, Bill, Sir Robert, Lord Curson, Soldier, Courtier and Spy, and his Ipswich Mansion. Ipswich, 1982.
5. Cockayne, G.E., The Complete Peerage, edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs & H. Arthur Doubleday, vol.iii, London, 1913, p.579-580 and notes.
6. "Tate Collection Brightwell Church and Village by John Constable". Retrieved 28 November 2010.