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Bishop Aelfhun |
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County | Suffolk | District Council | Babergh | |||||||||||||||||||||
Civil Parish or equivalent | Sudbury | Town/Village* | Sudbury | |||||||||||||||||||||
Road | The Croft | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Precise Location | On the south side of the croft, besides the wall surrounding St. Gregory's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||
OS Grid Ref | TL870415 | Postcode | CO10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Setting | On a open grass area, behind a small, ankle high wall, surrounded by small bushes. Outside the church of St. Gregory. | Access | Public | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sudbury Town Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of installing |
1999 |
Exact date of unveiling |
28/06/1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Owner/Custodian |
Sudbury Town Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inscriptions | Aelfhun Bishop of Dunwich. Died at Sudbury A797D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description (physical) |
Sitting figure of Bishop Aelfhun, in a praying position. He has his hands held together in front of him holding a crook. He is wearing traditional Bishops head wear, and is covered in a cloak. the statue is on top of a pedestal made from red brick. the whole piece is surrounded by a semi-circle of foliage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description (iconographical) |
The statue is to celebrate Sudbury being the oldest recorded town in Suffolk, to which they have Bishop Aelfhun to thank. He came to to Sudbury in 797AD, and consequently died there, this news made it into the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles in 797AD, the first record of a town in suffolk. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photographs |
Date taken:
27/12/2008
Date logged: 27/3/2007 |
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On Site Inspection |
Date: 25/3/2007 |
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Sources and References |
East Anglian Daily Times, (29/6/1999). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Database |
Date entered: 13/6/2007 |
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