Edwardstone /ˈɛdwərdstən/ is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

[7] The village was the birthplace of John Winthrop, one of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

[8] In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described the village as:[9] EDWARDSTONE, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 4½ miles E of Sudbury r. station, and 5½ W of Hadleigh.

A cell to Abingdon abbey was founded here, in 1114, by the Munchenses; and given, in 1160, to Colne priory.

The church has an ancient brass; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £45.In 1887, John Bartholomew also wrote an entry on Edwardstone in the Gazetteer of the British Isles with a much shorter description:[10] Edwardstone, par., W. Suffolk, 4½ miles E. of Sudbury sta., 1872 ac., pop.