Withersfield
Sign in to saveWithersfield is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2011 its population was 450. It has a public house and a village hall, and centres on the parish church, St. Mary the Virgin. It is in a rural location, surrounded by farmland, yet only a mile north of the busy market town of Haverhill. Surrounding villages include Great Wratting, West Wickham and Great Thurlow.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Withersfield
- UK place.population
- 450
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Suffolk
- UK place.shire_county
- Suffolk
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Suffolk
- UK place.post_town
- Haverhill
- UK place.postcode_district
- CB9
- UK place.postcode_area
- CB
- UK place.static_image
- St. Mary's church, Withersfield, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 161326.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Suffolk
- Population
- +450
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Population
- Occupation
- Housing
- Transport
- Education
- Places of interest
- St Mary The Virgin
- Withersfield War Memorial
- Jacob's Manor
- The White Horse Inn
- Organisations
- Withersfield Parish Council
- Withersfield Cricket Club
- Withersfield Hall School of Equitation
- References
- External links
Withersfield is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2011 its population was 450. It has a public house and a village hall, and centres on the parish church, St. Mary the Virgin. It is in a rural location, surrounded by farmland, yet only a mile north of the busy market town of Haverhill. Surrounding villages include Great Wratting, West Wickham and Great Thurlow.
==History== In 1870, the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Withersfield as: "...a parish in Risbridge district, Suffolk; 2 miles N W of Haverhill r. station. It has a post-office under Newmarket. Acres, 2,509. Real property, £3,791. Pop., 624. Houses, 146. The manor belongs to the Rev. W. Mayd. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £650.* Patron, the Rev. W. Mayd. The church was partly rebuilt and enlarged in 1868. There is a parochial school."