Lidgate
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Lidgate is a small village and a civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk . Lidgate is located on the B1063 road in between the towns of Newmarket and Clare . The population of Lidgate is around 250, measured at 241 in the 2011 Census. [1]
St Mary's church dates from the 13th century and is a Grade II* listed building. [2] The village was the origin of John Lydgate (c. 1370 – c. 1451), monk and poet; he left his signature and a coded message in graffiti on a wall of the church. [3]
The adjacent Lidgate Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle built to an unusual quadrangular design. It probably dates to The Anarchy during the reign of King Stephen .
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011" . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 24 August 2016 .
- ↑ Historic England . "CHURCH OF ST MARY (1376756)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
- ↑ "John Lydgate linked to Suffolk church graffiti" . BBC News . 31 March 2014 . Retrieved 1 April 2014 .
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