Wherstead

Wherstead
Wherstead
	; St Mary, Wherstead
	Wherstead Location within Suffolk
Population	342 (2011)
OS grid reference	TM157406
District	Babergh;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP2, IP9
UK Parliament	South Suffolk;
	List of places UK England Suffolk 52°01′23″N 1°08′20″E / 52.023°N 1.139°ECoordinates: 52°01′23″N 1°08′20″E / 52.023°N 1.139°E

Wherstead is a village and a civil parish located in county Suffolk, England. Wherstead village lies 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Ipswich on the Shotley peninsula. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.^[2]

It is an ancient settlement, and from its soil the plough has brought to light many evidences of occupation by Romans and by early Britons. In the Domesday Book the place is described under the Old English names Querstede and Wervesteda^[3] Toponymic surnames which originate from Wherstead include Quested and Quersted.^[4] The name of the village and parish is in today generally pronounced Wersted or Warsted by the residents, the "a" in the latter case having the sound of "a" in father. Wherstead Park Mansion is a notable historic house which has been converted to a wedding venue.

A short ride by train through Ipswich carries one to Bourne bridge, which marks the boundary of Wherstead parish. Near the bridge, on the Wherstead side, stands the Ostrich Inn, as it stood at the time of the New England migration. At the time, oysters were still found in Orwell waters, and the name "Oyster Ridge" had not been corrupted to the name of the exotic bird whose effigy is now the name of the roadside tavern.

References[]

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistiucs. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Belstead Brook Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ Open Domesday: Wherstead. Accessed April 2020.
^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2193. ISBN 9780192527479.

Merrill, Samuel; A Merrill Memorial, reprint, p 48-49

External links[]

"St Mary, Wherstead - suffolkchurches.co.uk". Retrieved 22 April 2012.
"Suffolk Food Hall, Wherstead - suffolkfoodhall.co.uk". Retrieved 22 April 2012.
"Jimmy's Farm, Wherstead - jimmysfarm.com". Retrieved 22 April 2012.
"Wherstead.com". Retrieved 22 April 2012.

Media related to Wherstead at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistiucs. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[SO_Belstead_Brook_Division-2] "Belstead Brook Electoral Division Profile 2017" (PDF). Suffolk Observatory. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[OD-3] Open Domesday: Wherstead. Accessed April 2020.

[Hanks2016-4] Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 2193. ISBN 9780192527479.

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v t Babergh
Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St. Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Naughton Nayland Nedging Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Acton Place Ash Street Audley End Bell's Corner Bird Street Bower House Tye Bridge Street Broad Street Brook Street Brundon Bures Bures Green Burstallhill Bury Road Button's Green Calais Street Castling's Heath Cattawade Chelsworth Common Church End Cock Street Colchester Green Coles Green Cook's Green Cornard Tye Cross Green (Cockfield) Cross Green (Hartest) Cross Green (Hitcham) Cuckoo Tye Dorking Tye Drakestone Green East End Erwarton Fenstead End Fern Hill Flatford Gipsy Row Gosling Green Great Green Great Wenham Hadleigh Heath Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hartest Hill Hart's Green The Heath Hibb's Green Honey Tye Horner's Green Humble Green Kersey Tye Kersey Upland Lambs Lane Lattinford Hill Lawshall Green Lindsey Tye Little Wenham Lower Holbrook Lower Layham Lower Raydon Lower Street Mace Green Mile End Mill Green Mill Hill Mill Street Nedging Tye Newman's Green Oldhall Green Parliament Heath Pin Mill Polstead Heath Potash Priory Green Rodbridge Corner Rooksey Green Rose Green (Assington) Rose Green (Lindsey) Round Maple Sackers Green Scotland Street Sherbourne Street Shimpling Street Slough Hill Smithwood Green Shop Corner Shotley Gate Stackyard Green Stone Street The Street Swingleton Green Tattingstone White Horse Thorington Street Thorpe Green Upper Layham Upper Somerton Upper Street Upsher Green Washbrook Street Washmere Green Wattisham Stone Whelp Street Whitestreet Green Wicker Street Green William's Green Windsor Green Withermarsh Green The Woodlands (Holbrook) The Woodlands (Raydon) Workhouse Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory Lawshall Hall Melford Hall Milden Castle St James's Chapel Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

Wherstead
St Mary, Wherstead
Wherstead Location within Suffolk
Population	342 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	TM157406
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ipswich
Postcode district	IP2, IP9
UK Parliament	South Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°01′23″N 1°08′20″E / 52.023°N 1.139°E / 52.023; 1.139Coordinates: 52°01′23″N 1°08′20″E / 52.023°N 1.139°E / 52.023; 1.139