Withermarsh Green is a village in the civil parish of
Stoke-by-Nayland
Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex. The parish includes the village of Withermarsh Green and the hamlets of Thorington Street and Scotland S ...
, in the
Babergh Babergh may refer to the following places in England:
* Babergh Hundred, a defunct hundred of the county of Suffolk, named for a "mound of a man called Babba"
* Babergh District
Babergh District (pronounced , ) is a local government district in ...
district, in the county of
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
, England. It is located near the villages of Stoke-by-Nayland and
Shelley. Withermarsh Green has a church called St Edmund's RC Church.
History
The name "Withermarsh" means 'the quivering marsh' or 'the quaking bog'. Withermarsh was recorded in
Ælfflæd Ælfflæd is a name of Anglo-Saxon England meaning Ælf (Elf) and flæd (beauty). It may refer to:
* Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby (654–714)
* Ælfflæd of Mercia, daughter of Offa, wife of King Æthelred I of Northumbria
* Ælfflæd, wife of Edwar ...
's will of 1000-1002 as "Wifærmyrsc" and
"Hwifermirsce". Withermarsh Green was recorded in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
as ''Withermers''. Withermarsh may have been called "Wythermerested" in 1327. The Withermarsh family derive their name from Withermarsh.
References
External links
* http://www.hadleigh.org.uk/content/catholicism.htm
Villages in Suffolk
Stoke-by-Nayland
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