- Great Cornard
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Great Cornard
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static_image_caption=
latitude= 52.02453
longitude= 0.74966
population = 8,060 (2005) [ [http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk] Suffolk County Council]
shire_district=Babergh
shire_county =Suffolk
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= South Suffolk
post_town= SUDBURY
postcode_district = CO10
postcode_area= CO
dial_code= 01787
os_grid_reference= TL887398Great Cornard is a large village located just outside Sudbury, in
Suffolk ,England .History
The area now called Great Cornard has been occupied since pre-history, with evidence of
Palaeolithic ,Bronze Age and Roman settlements in the parish. The village is accounted for in theDomesday Book as the manor Cornard.The village was consistently a small one until the 20th century. Following the turn of the century the population steadily increased and a
council estate was built in the 1930s. In the 1950s and 60s the village was greatly expanded following theCounty of London Plan , with the village taking inLondon overspill . By the beginning of the 21st century the population of Great Cornard was approaching that of the town of Sudbury.Modern Great Cornard
The village is governed by Great Cornard Parish Council, and is home to a number of schools including
Great Cornard Upper School , Great Cornard Middle School, Wells Hall Primary School and Pot Kiln Primary School. The Upper School also houses the village's sports centre. Great Cornard is home to football club, Cornard United, as well as the homes of the hockey andrugby union teams for neighbouring Sudbury. On the outskirts of the village lies Cornard Country Park, anature reserve containing wild flower meadows and woodland.Notable residents
Former Arsenal footballer,
Perry Groves grew up in Great Cornard, playing for youth team Cornard Dynamos as a boy. [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2006/12/29/sophil29.xml|title= How life in fast lane paid off for Arsenal icon|first=Robert|last=Phillip|publisher="The Daily Telegraph "|date=2007-01-07|accessdate=2008-05-07]ee also
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Little Cornard ource
* [http://www.cornard.info/community/history.htm The Great Cornard Information Website - Cornard History]
References
External links
* [http://www.cornard.info/ Great Cornard Information website]
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