"a central nuclear settlement around the Church and the junction of Mill Lane and the High Street (part of the B1029). Connected to Dedham are the hamlets of The Heath and Lamb Corner. The village forms a key part of the Dedham Vale. In 1582–1587, a schismatic Presbyterian Christian group called the ""Dedham Classis"", which included dozens of members opposed to the established church, was active in north-east Essex. This group held clandestine meetings and prayer groups in and around Colchester and surrounding villages like Dedham, publishing and distributing versions of Wycliffe's Bible and various other Calvinist texts obtained from"
"John Constable John Constable, (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the naturalistic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home – now known as ""Constable Country"" – which he invested with an intensity of affection. ""I should paint my own places best"", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, ""painting is but another word for feeling"". Constable's most famous paintings include ""Wivenhoe Park"" of 1816, ""Dedham Vale"" of 1802 and ""The Hay Wain"" of 1821. Although his paintings"
"– see note below on William Tecumseh Sherman. Dedham is at the heart of 'Constable Country' – the area of England where Constable lived and painted. Constable attended the town's Grammar School (now the 'Old Grammar School' and 'Well House'), and he would walk to school each morning alongside the River Stour from his family's home in East Bergholt. Many of Constable's paintings feature Dedham, including Dedham Mill, which his father owned, and Dedham Parish Church, whose massive Caen stone and flint tower is a focal point of the surrounding Dedham Vale. In 1937, Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines founded"
"The Lock (Constable) The Lock is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, finished in 1824. It depicts a rural scene on the River Stour in Suffolk, one of six paintings within the ""Stour series"". It was auctioned for £22,441,250 at Christie's in London on 3 July 2012. ""The Lock"" is painted in oil on canvas. It depicts a working rural scene from Suffolk, as a figure struggles to open a canal gate at Dedham Lock near Flatford Mill in Suffolk to allow a lighter barge to progress on the River Stour. There is a distant view of Dedham"
"The National Trust. The cottage is located on the bank of the River Stour, just downstream from Flatford Mill in the heart of Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape. Flatford Mill, along with neighbouring Valley Farm and Bridge Cottage, are leased to the Field Studies Council, which uses them as locations for arts-based courses such as painting and as accommodation for sciences-based courses such as residential ecology trips for schools at A-level and younger. The cottage takes its name from its resident at the time John Constable did his paintings. At that time the house was known as Gibeons"
"the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing at Dedham. When, however, this burnt down, they moved to Hadleigh, Suffolk. Of longer influence in Dedham was the horse painter Sir Alfred Munnings, who became President of the Royal Academy. His house in Dedham, Castle House, now contains a gallery of his work, and his studio. Tom Keating, the art restorer and famous art forger, was a Dedham resident until his death in 1984. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church. Dedham contains a number of well-preserved buildings: Formerly a rich wool town and market town, Dedham is"
"Bridge Cottage Bridge Cottage is a 16th-century thatched cottage in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. It has been a National Trust property since 1943 and a Grade II* listed building since 1955. The National Trust market the property under the name ""Flatford: Bridge Cottage"". The building is timber framed, but this is not evident from the outside as it is rendered. The property is located in the heart of Dedham Vale, a typical Suffolk rural landscape. It is noted as the location for works by John Constable, and presents an exhibition of his paintings. The cottage is located just upstream"
"Flatford Mill Flatford Mill is a Grade I listed watermill on the River Stour at Flatford in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. According to the date-stone the mill was built in 1733, but some of the structure may be earlier. Attached to the mill is a 17th-century miller's cottage which is also Grade I listed. The property is in Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape. The mill was owned by the artist John Constable's father and is noted, along with its immediate surroundings as the location for many of Constable's works. It is referred to in the title of one"
"Flatford Mill Flatford Mill is a Grade I listed watermill on the River Stour at Flatford in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. According to the date-stone the mill was built in 1733, but some of the structure may be earlier. Attached to the mill is a 17th-century miller's cottage which is also Grade I listed. The property is in Dedham Vale, a typically English rural landscape. The mill was owned by the artist John Constable's father and is noted, along with its immediate surroundings as the location for many of Constable's works. It is referred to in the title of one"
"is thought that some of the priory's medieval glass was fitted in one of the south facing nave windows. The church underwent extensive repairs in 2004 following extensive fundraising efforts and a £23,000 grant from the UK National Lottery. St Michael's owns one of only two known religious paintings by John Constable. ""Christ blessing the children"" was presented to the church by the artist himself in 1805. A reproduction hangs on display in the church today but the original is kept at the Ipswich Museum. Brantham is generally acknowledged, along with Flatford, Dedham and East Bergholt, to be part of"
"Constable, is visible on the far left. The scene takes place near Flatford Mill in Suffolk, though since the Stour forms the border of two counties, the left bank is in Suffolk and the landscape on the right bank is in Essex. ""The Hay Wain"" is one of a series of paintings by Constable called the ""six-footers"", large-scale canvasses which he painted for the annual summer exhibitions at the Royal Academy. As with all of the paintings in this series Constable produced a full-scale oil sketch for the work; this is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London."
"Wivenhoe Park (painting) Wivenhoe Park is a painting of an English landscape park, the estate of the Rebow family, by the English Romantic painter, John Constable (1776–1837). John Constable was born in Suffolk, and is known principally for his landscape paintings, especially the landscapes of the countryside where he spent his childhood. His paintings are now considered among the most popular and valuable in British art. The National Gallery of Art holds this painting as one of its highlights:A pleasant sense of ease and harmony pervades this landscape of almost photographic clarity. The large areas of brilliant sunshine and cool"
"and divided among 76 civil parishes, of which only 21 in 2006 had a population over 1,000 inhabitants and 18 were provided with key facilities. The district is well known due to its natural environment as ""Constable Country"" after the landscapes painted by John Constable in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of Dedham Vale; it is famed also for the medieval wool villages of Lavenham and Kersey. Summing up Babergh has in its territory 4,000 listed buildings, 34 scheduled monuments, 5 registered Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest, 28 conservation areas, 53 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and"
"which depicts the fall and redemption of man and dates from 900 AD; the second is the Kenneth Cross, which depicts the legend of the 6th-century hermit, St. Kenneth/Cenydd. (Photos of St. Mungo's church are available online). The village belongs to Cumberland's former coal mining industry. John Osmaston, owner of the Dearham Colliery. Dearham Dearham is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies about east of Maryport and west of Cockermouth. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,028, increasing to 2,151 at the 2011 Census."
"compositions, such as his views of Salisbury Cathedral. The Foster version remains in private hands, one of just three such major works by Constable, and was auctioned at Sotheby's London on the evening of 9 December 2015 on its low estimate at £9,109,000. Previous owners of the painting include William Orme Foster (1814–1900) of Apley Hall, Shropshire, one time High Sheriff of Shropshire, and his descendants. The Lock (Constable) The Lock is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, finished in 1824. It depicts a rural scene on the River Stour in Suffolk, one of six paintings within the"
"Stratford St. Mary Stratford St. Mary is a village in Suffolk, England in the heart of 'Constable Country'. John Constable painted a number of paintings in and around Stratford. Stratford (the ford of the Roman ""Via Strata"") with its attached hamlet of Higham sits on the Suffolk/Essex border on the River Stour, Suffolk. It is from London just off the A12 between Colchester and Ipswich. The village has a fifteenth-century flint faced church which is clearly visible from the A12. It is also served by a primary school, post office and village store, and three pubs. Stratford village is within"
"older hall called Afrettles; Typlands Farm, Leatherjacket Farm and Squirrels Hall to the north from c. 1480. Stratford St. Mary is a village hosting a small handful of business like The Bricklayer's Pub, The Swan Inn, Anchor Inn, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, Carefore Homes, The Access Group, Formula One Autocentres Ltd, Naycol Scrap Metal Ltd, SITA UK, East Anglia Services, Hall Farm, The Anchor Inn and ABC Preschool. Stratford St. Mary Stratford St. Mary is a village in Suffolk, England in the heart of 'Constable Country'. John Constable painted a number of paintings in and around Stratford. Stratford (the ford"
"Gendall has a number of paintings in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. John Gendall John Gendall (c. 1790 – 1 March 1865) was a British painter known particularly for his landscapes of Devon. Gendall was involved in the early use of lithography in London. He was born and died in Exeter, where he assisted with the creation of the museum and the university. Gendall was baptised in Exeter on 2 January 1790 at St Edmund's Church. He was the son of John and Frances Gendall. Gendall was employed as a servant but his drawings were talent spotted by an employee"
"and Albert Museum, painted whilst visiting Lord Egremont at Petworth, where he encountered sculptor Francis Leggatt Chantrey and painter Thomas Phillips, Turner having been unable to come. Constable took home richly coloured sand and soil from Fittleworth Common and subsequently asked his Arundel-based brewer friend and amateur painter George Constable to send him samples of the paint from some ""slimy posts"" near the Mill. Fittleworth Fittleworth is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located seven kilometres (3 miles) west from Pulborough on the A283 road and three miles (5 km) south east"
"Colchester can be reached by bus. School buses service all the schools in Colchester and the independent schools in Ipswich. Dedham, Essex Dedham is a village within the borough of Colchester in northeast Essex, England, on the River Stour and the border of Essex and Suffolk. The nearest town to Dedham is the small market town of Manningtree. Dedham is part of the electoral ward called Dedham and Langham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,943. Dedham is frequently rated as containing some of England's most beautiful Lowland landscape, most particularly the water meadows of the"
"and abstracted art is to be found under every hedge, and in every lane, and therefore nobody thinks it worth picking up"". He could never have imagined how influential his honest techniques would turn out to be. Constable's art inspired not only contemporaries like Géricault and Delacroix, but the Barbizon School, and the French impressionists of the late nineteenth century. See also for those with their own articles. John Constable John Constable, (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the naturalistic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings"
"the coming of mechanisation, the motor car and urban expansion. His work was exhibited in Nottingham and Birmingham. Turner served on the Art Committee of Derby Art Gallery and both his and his son's paintings are included in the city's collection. Turner has 22 paintings in National collections in the United Kingdom. George Turner (artist) George Turner (2 April 1841 – 29 March 1910) was an English landscape artist and farmer who has been dubbed ""Derbyshire's John Constable"". Turner was born in Cromford, Derbyshire in England, but then moved to Derby with his family. He showed an early talent for"
"35 Dedham Mall to Forest Hills serves Washington Street. Dedham, Massachusetts Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by Canton. The town was first settled by Europeans in 1635. Settled in 1635 by people from Roxbury and Watertown, Dedham was incorporated in 1636. It became the county seat of Norfolk County when the county was formed from parts of Suffolk"
"Willy Lott's Cottage Willy Lott's Cottage is a house in Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England that features in several John Constable paintings, notably ""The Hay Wain"". The earliest part of the building is sixteenth century. The property is Grade I listed to reflect its importance ""as part of the Flatford Mill group"" and ""its significance in the work of the artist John Constable"". The Cottage was restored in the 1920s after a revival of interest in John Constable's paintings. It has been renamed Willy Lott's House because this is the name Constable used in his paintings. It is owned by"
"Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large ""six-foot"" paintings, and the first in the ""Stour series"" which later included ""The Hay Wain"". It is owned and exhibited at the Tate Britain gallery in London. ""Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River)"" is painted in oil on canvas. It depicts a working rural scene from Suffolk, as two lighter barges and their crew progress up the"
"'Constable Country'. The artist chose a cottage in the village overlooking the Stour as a subject to one of his sketches 'Fisherman's cottage in Brantham with a view of Mistley Hall' in 1796. The drawing, which is in the V&A museum in London is one of the earliest dated drawings by Constable of which the whereabouts are now known. The Tudor didactic poet Thomas Tusser settled at Katwade (now Cattawade) and is believed to have written his most famous work ""A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie"" at Braham Hall. The lord of the manor of Brantham in the 15th century"
"John Gendall John Gendall (c. 1790 – 1 March 1865) was a British painter known particularly for his landscapes of Devon. Gendall was involved in the early use of lithography in London. He was born and died in Exeter, where he assisted with the creation of the museum and the university. Gendall was baptised in Exeter on 2 January 1790 at St Edmund's Church. He was the son of John and Frances Gendall. Gendall was employed as a servant but his drawings were talent spotted by an employee of the print seller Rudolf Ackermann in a shop owned by W."
"exhibiting and holding exhibitions provincially. Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum in Bournemouth hold a large collection of his paintings as it was founded by one of Hurt's patrons. Hurt also has paintings in the South African National collection, in Reading, Manchester, Rotherham and Sheffield. Paintings that he originally sold for 7 to 40 pounds were valued at £80,000 in 2005. Louis Bosworth Hurt Louis Bosworth Hurt (1856–1929) was an English landscape artist. Hurt was born in Ashbourne in north Derbyshire in England. He was a student of George Turner. who was known as ""Derbyshire's John Constable"" and their paintings have"
"a workhouse in Fulham. David Lucas (engraver) David Lucas (1802–1881) was an English mezzotint engraver, best known for his association with John Constable. Lucas was born in Geddington Chase, Northamptonshire, and became a pupil of Samuel William Reynolds after a chance encounter in 1820. He moved to London as an apprentice, and had produced his own work by 1827. By 1829 Lucas knew John Constable, and worked intensively on engravings for Constable's ""Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery"" from 1830 to 1832. He continued to produce works for the family after Constable died in 1837. Lucas died on"
"painting during his lifetime, and as a result it became part of the inheritance to his daughter Isabel. In 1888, she bequeathed it on behalf of herself, her sister Maria Louise and their brother Lionel Bicknell to The Tate gallery in London, where it has been displayed ever since. Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large ""six-foot"" paintings, and the first in the ""Stour series"""
"Common Prayer. St Botolph's Church, Hardham St Botolph's Church is the Church of England parish church of Hardham, West Sussex. It is in Horsham District and is a Grade I listed building. It contains the earliest nearly complete series of wall paintings in England. Among forty individual subjects is the earliest known representation of St. George in England. Dating from the 12th century, they were hidden from view until uncovered in 1866 and now ""provide a rare and memorable impression of a medieval painted interior"". The simple two-cell stone building, with its original medieval whitewashed exterior, has seen little alteration"
"Cadeleigh Cadeleigh is a small village in the county of Devon in England. It sits in the hills above the valley of the River Exe and is about 15 km (9 miles) north of Exeter and 6 km (4 miles) southwest of Tiverton. The village has a church that is dedicated to St. Bartholomew and dates from the early part of the 15th century, although this is probably a rebuilding of a much older 12th-century church. It contains the monument of Sir Simon Leach (1567-1638), Sheriff of Devon in 1624, the largest of its type in any Devon parish church."
"as camping and caravan sites, a public house (of which the site has been traced back to the 13th century), and attractive coastal walks. The area around Osmington Mills and Osmington Bay was painted by the English landscape artist John Constable in the early 19th century. He spent his honeymoon in the area in 1816. Paintings include: Osmington Mills Osmington Mills is a coastal hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the civil parish of Osmington in the West Dorset administrative district, about northeast of Weymouth. The coastline around Osmington Mills is part of Dorset's ""Jurassic Coast"","