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BRANDESTON  The village where Lady Jane Turnbull, the last direct descendant of Lady Jane Grey, died in 1991.  Her memorial candlestick can be seen in the Church.   Another famous resident was John Lowes (1572–1646) who was found guilty of witchcraft by the Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins and hanged at Bury St Edmunds.  Margaret Catchpole may have been born in Brandeston and Sir Ghillian Tolmie Prance curator of Kew Gardens 1988-1999 certainly was.

DENNINGTON  The view down the 130 feet length of St Mary's Church is glorious.  The church houses the Bardolph Tomb which commemorates Sir William Phelip.

EASTON  This delightful village was home to the Duke of Hamilton, Premier Duke of Scotland.  His house was razed to the ground in 1924 but visitors can still see the charming black and white houses which the Duke had built.  Easton also has a splendid crinkle crankle wall.

KETTLEBURGH  In 1867 James Brighton Grant, owner of the Deben Brewery then next to The Chequers, was the last man in England to be imprisoned for non-payment of Church Rates.  He gathered support from two Members of Parliament and was released.  Gladstone subsequently repealed the Act.  Love flourished in Kettleburgh during the rectorship of Samuel Thompson.  Between 1696 and 1738 he joined together in holy matrimony a total of 618 couples.

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