Wantisden

Wantisden
Church of St John the Baptist
Wantisden Location within Suffolk
Population	30 (2001) [1]
District	East Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Woodbridge
Postcode district	IP12
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Suffolk Coastal
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°06′38″N1°27′28″E / 52.110617°N 1.457811°E / 52.110617; 1.457811

Wantisden is a small village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Largely consisting of a single farm and ancient woodland (Staverton Park and The Thicks), most of its 30 residents live on the farm estate. ^[2] It shares a parish council with nearby Butley and Capel St. Andrew. ^[3] It has a church dedicated to St John the Baptist. ^{[4] [5]}

The place-name 'Wantisden' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Wantesdena and Wantesdana. The name means 'Want's dene or valley'. ^[6]

References

1. Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Suffolk County Council
2. Welcome to Wantisden Butley, Capel St Andrew & Wantisden Parish Council
3. "Welcome to Butley, Capel St Andrew & Wantisden website". www.onesuffolk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 September 2007.
4. "Church of St John the Baptist, Wantisden, Suffolk".
5. "Suffolk Churches".
6. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.496

External links

• http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/Wantisden/
• http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=7848
• http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/suffolk/wantisden