Withermarsh Green is a village in the civil parish of
Stoke-by-Nayland
Stoke-by-Nayland is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Babergh District, Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England, close to the border with Essex. The parish includes the village of Withermarsh Green and th ...
, in the
Babergh district, in the county of
Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
, 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 Edwa ...
'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 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
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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