Herringswell is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

in the West Suffolk district 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 ...

in eastern

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. In 2005 it had a population of 190. In 2007 there were 128 voters there.McNeill, Phil.
Shrine of the times
"

''

The Telegraph ''The Telegraph'', ''Daily Telegraph'', ''Sunday Telegraph'' and other variant names are popular names for newspapers. Newspapers with these titles include: Australia * ''The Telegraph'' (Adelaide), a newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, publ ...

''. 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. Memorial in Herringswell churchyard - geograph

It is from Newmarket.

History

In 2006 a village council successfully opposed the development of a proposed stadium, Watermark, by combining its advocacy with those of four surrounding communities.

Composition

Herringswell Manor is located in the community. Abbot of Bury St Edmunds originally owned the land, and by the early 20th century it was the

country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peop ...

of a Blackheath,

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

family, of businessperson Arthur Ballance and his wife's family, the Peeks. The Ballances/Peeks lived in the

mock-Tudor Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architectur ...

manor house built in 1901. In 1965 The property was bought for £35,000 to be an American-style-curriculum boarding school for children of U.S. & Canadian families who were working internationally. In 1981 the property was sold to

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Acharya Rajneesh, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and later as Osho (), was an Indian godman, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was viewed as a controv ...

ashram An ashram ( sa, आश्रम, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions. Etymology The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (<

Shi-Tennoji School in UK, a Japanese Buddhist boarding school, was in operation there beginning in 1985 and ending on 17 July 2000. The former campus includes the Herringswell Manor, built in 1901. The school closed due to declining student figures.Herringswell Manor
"
Archive
Herringswell Parish Council. Retrieved on 9 January 2014. The manor house as well as the other buildings on the property have now been converted into flats.

References

External links

Herringswell Parish Council
{{authority control Villages in Suffolk Forest Heath Civil parishes in Suffolk