Bardwell is a picturesque Suffolk village a few miles to the west of the A143 Bury St Edmunds road, set in the gently rolling countryside around the river Blackbourne. There has been a settlement here since at least Roman times, as various archaeological finds including the sites of two Roman villas have confirmed. But with the ancient Peddar’s Way trade route from Colchester, once capital of England, touching the eastern edge of the village, it is likely that Bardwell was settled long before the Romans arrived. The village though takes its name from the Saxon period, and it means spring or well of Bearda, thought to have been a Saxon settler. In 1086 when the Domesday Book was compiled Bardwell belonged to the Abbot of nearby Bury St Edmunds. There are many fine old buildings in the village and its environs, including almshouses, old halls and farms, and the requisite picture postcard 16th century inn complete with inglenook fireplace, The Six Bells, that some will recognize from its use in the classic comedy Dad’s Army. The Hall is an extravaganza of Tudor brick chimneys and gables, but closer examination (the dormer windows in particular) reveals signs of the older timber-framed structure that it grew around. The village church, St Peter and St Paul, dates from the late 14th century, its tower and porch financed by soldier and local magnate Sir William Berdewell. The inside of St Peter and St Paul is colourful, with a painted roof, the splashes of blue in its furnishing perhaps a gesture to the blue cloth once made in the area. One building that cannot be missed in the village is Bardwell Mill, standing at its centre. Built in 1829, the mill lost its sails in the great storm of 1987, but some twenty years on the funds have been raised to replace them.
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Places to Stay near Bardwell
Six Bells at Bardwell (0.07 miles)
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Fen House (3.66 miles)
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Frogg Hall Organic B&B (4.36 miles)
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Old Rectory (4.61 miles)
Grange Hotel (5.03 miles)
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Little Clavel Cottage (5.06 miles)
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Gingell Cottage (5.57 miles)
Cadogan Arms (5.83 miles)
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