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Polstead is a small village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. The village lies northeast of Nayland, southwest of Hadleigh and north of Colchester. It is situated on a small tributary stream of the River Stour. ==History== The name Polstead is derived from "Place by a pool"〔Eilert Ekwall, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', OUP, Fourth Edition (1960)〕 There are still two large ponds in the village. The village is noted for being the site of the Red Barn Murder in 1827. The victim Maria Marten, once found, was re-buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, but her gravestone was eventually chipped away to nothing by souvenir hunters. Only a sign on the shed wall now marks the approximate place where it stood,〔("Polstead" at beautifulengland.net )〕 although her name is given to Marten's Lane which adjoins Water Lane and Mill Street. The church, situated at the bottom of Polstead Hill, close to Polstead Pond, dates from the 12th century and contains some of what may be the earliest bricks made in England. The tower, which is 14th century, is the only one in Suffolk which still has its original spire. The tower at one time contained six bells. The interior of the church contains two brasses, one of which is of a priest and bears a date of 1460.〔〔Nikolaus Pevsner (1961), Buildings_of_England: Suffolk, Penguin, ''Polstead''. Pevsner says the spire is later than its tower.〕 Next to the churchyard is Polstead Hall, rebuilt in the Georgian style in about 1819. In the grounds of the hall are the remains of the "Gospel Oak", which collapsed in 1953, but which was said to have been more than 1,000 years old. A small oak tree now grows next to the place it once stood.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Polstead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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