D is for Domesday - already mentioned! The translation of the original entry is: "1 outlier (of Costessey), 2 carucates of land. Always 6 Villagers, 6 smallholders, 2 slaves. Then 1 plough in Lordship, now 2. Always 1 men's plough. 4 acres meadow. Always 1 mill." A much more spurious connection, is with the Dunmow Flitch, which was claimed by a Mr. Wright of Bawburgh in 1444!! D is also for Dovecote, which is rather a misnomer for one of the Follies (see photograph at the end of the Village page and H is for Hall) once in the grounds of the now-demolished Bawburgh Hall, which does not seem to have had the ability to house doves, and is more accurately now called The Garden House.
D is also for two past Vicars of Bawburgh. The Rev. Hicks Thomas Deacle, who not only has a fascinating name, but was incumbent at Bawburgh Church for a staggering 30 years, between 1830 and 1860. See V for the Vicars of Bawburgh. The Rev. Herbert Llewellyn Davies (1948-1954). Was instrumental in re-igniting the waning interest in the Church’s Saint Walstan. Not only did he orchestrate a play in Saint Walstan’s honour, but organised the first pilgrimage to the Well for 20 years (in 1951). For more see V is for the Vicars of Bawburgh.