that occurred during the Great Migration. Glemsford railway station was on the route between Sudbury and Cambridge, known as the Stour Valley Railway. The station opened in the 1860s and saw its busiest period during the First and Second World Wars when it, along with nearby Cavendish station, was bombed. This was because Glemsford station was one of the places which harboured ammunition trains. The station was closed during the Beeching Axe in 1967; only the Station House (now private), goods shed (now converted to flats) and one level crossing post remain. Glemsford is a large village by Suffolk standards; it also has a considerable number of shops and public houses. Among the public houses are, The Angel, and The Cherry Tree. Governance Glemsford is part of the electoral ward called Glemsford and Stanstead. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 Census was 3,701. Notable residents George Cavendish (1497 - 1562), writer, best known as the biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. Edmund Boldero (1608–1679), royalist clergyman and academic, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1663. William Falkner ( - 1682), Anglican divine and learned champion of the Church of England. Charles Morgan (1678-1736), clergyman and Master of Clare College from 1726 until his death. Frederick Cradock (1886 – 1943), boilerman posthumously awarded the George Cross for heroism in his attempts to save a workmate from boiling steam from an accident in the parish. Jonathan Green, author and investigative journalist specialising in narrative non-fiction. External links Glemsford Parish Council website www.glemsford.org.uk A Short History of Glemsford Rev Kenneth W. Glass, former Rector of St. Mary the Virgin, Glemsford. References Mee, Arthur, Ed., The King's England, Suffolk, our Farthest East, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947 (reprint), 171–72. Villages in Suffolk Babergh District Civil parishes in Suffolk