Great Finborough
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Great Finborough is a rural village in Suffolk
, England
about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Stowmarket
and near one of the sources of the River Gipping
. It has a population of 755.
Route 707 bus
service operated by Beeston's connects Finborough with Sudbury
, Bildeston
and Stowmarket.
The Radio 1
DJ John Peel
was a prominent member of the village (though his house is mostly in Little Finborough
) for 33 years and is buried in the churchyard. In the 1970s he and his wife Sheila founded a local youth club entitled Great Finborough International Airport.http://arts.guardian.co.uk/johnpeel/story/0,,1591022,00.html A new youth club has since been formed by the youth of Great Finborough with help from local parents and grants from the council.
The Bog Race is a key part of village life. It happens on Easter Monday every year. It is a battle between Haughley
and Great Finborough. The race starts at the pub, The Chestnut Horse, where 15 or so men from Haughley and Great Finborough get considerably drunk and are taken to a nearby farm, Boyton Hall, where they have to race over the fields, about a mile, to get to the pub with the scroll. The first man at the pub with the scroll wins and is declared the winner over-all and then, that village has won for that year.
Great Finborough has a Primary School, Great Finborough CEVC Primary School, founded in 1873. The original buildings, to which two new classrooms were added in 2000. The school's catchment area includes Great Finborough and the neighbouring village of Buxhall; places are offered first to children from the two villages and then to others from beyond the catchment area up to the school's intake limit. The primary school is a feeder for Combs Middle School, to which pupils transfer at the age of nine.
The independent school Finborough School
is also located in the village. About 250 pupils attend the school, which includes Nursery, Pre-Prep, Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form.
John Green Crosse
was born at Boyton Hall, near Great Finborough, in 1790. He became a surgeon in Norwich.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Stowmarket
Stowmarket
-See also:* Stowmarket Town F.C.* Stowmarket High School-External links:* * * * *...
and near one of the sources of the River Gipping
River Gipping
The River Gipping is the source river for the River Orwell in the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, England, which gave its name to the former Gipping Rural District and the village of Gipping....
. It has a population of 755.
Route 707 bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
service operated by Beeston's connects Finborough with Sudbury
Sudbury, Suffolk
Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...
, Bildeston
Bildeston
Bildeston is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around north of Hadleigh, in 2005 it had a population of 960.-History:According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is Bild's homestead....
and Stowmarket.
The Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
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DJ John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
was a prominent member of the village (though his house is mostly in Little Finborough
Little Finborough
Little Finborough is a small village in Suffolk, England about south-west of Stowmarket.-References:* William White, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Suffolk, and the Towns Near Its Borders .-External links:* * Images of England...
) for 33 years and is buried in the churchyard. In the 1970s he and his wife Sheila founded a local youth club entitled Great Finborough International Airport.http://arts.guardian.co.uk/johnpeel/story/0,,1591022,00.html A new youth club has since been formed by the youth of Great Finborough with help from local parents and grants from the council.
The Bog Race is a key part of village life. It happens on Easter Monday every year. It is a battle between Haughley
Haughley
Haughley is a village in the English county of Suffolk.-External links:*...
and Great Finborough. The race starts at the pub, The Chestnut Horse, where 15 or so men from Haughley and Great Finborough get considerably drunk and are taken to a nearby farm, Boyton Hall, where they have to race over the fields, about a mile, to get to the pub with the scroll. The first man at the pub with the scroll wins and is declared the winner over-all and then, that village has won for that year.
Great Finborough has a Primary School, Great Finborough CEVC Primary School, founded in 1873. The original buildings, to which two new classrooms were added in 2000. The school's catchment area includes Great Finborough and the neighbouring village of Buxhall; places are offered first to children from the two villages and then to others from beyond the catchment area up to the school's intake limit. The primary school is a feeder for Combs Middle School, to which pupils transfer at the age of nine.
The independent school Finborough School
Finborough School
Finborough School is a small co-educational independent school, owned by the Sinclair family. It is situated in and around Finborough Hall, in the village of Great Finborough, near Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.-History:...
is also located in the village. About 250 pupils attend the school, which includes Nursery, Pre-Prep, Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form.
John Green Crosse
John Green Crosse
John Green Crosse, FRCS, FRS was a well known surgeon of his day at the old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.Crosse was born on 6 September 1790 in Suffolk, the son of a farmer by the name of William, of Boyton Hall, Great Finborough. Crosse died on 9 June 1850 and is buried in the cloisters of...
was born at Boyton Hall, near Great Finborough, in 1790. He became a surgeon in Norwich.