Withermarsh Green

Withermarsh Green
Withermarsh Green Location within Suffolk
Civil parish	Stoke-by-Nayland
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Suffolk 51°59′42″N0°55′35″E / 51.995056°N 0.92635964°E / 51.995056; 0.92635964

Withermarsh Green is a village in the civil parish of Stoke-by-Nayland, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located near the villages of Stoke-by-Nayland and Shelley. Withermarsh Green has a church called St Edmund's RC Church. ^[1]

History

The name "Withermarsh" means 'the quivering marsh' or 'the quaking bog'. Withermarsh was recorded in Ælfflæd's will of 1000-1002 as "Wifærmyrsc" and "Hwifermirsce". ^[2] Withermarsh Green was recorded in the Domesday Book as Withermers. ^[3] Withermarsh may have been called "Wythermerested" in 1327. ^[4] The Withermarsh family derive their name from Withermarsh. ^[5]

References

1. "Our Lady Immaculate and St Edmund, Withermarsh Green". Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
2. "Historic landscape study" (PDF). Suffolk Landscape. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
3. "Place name: Withermarsh Green, Suffolk Folio: 401r Little Domesday Book". The National Archives . Retrieved 11 January 2022.
4. "The Stour Valley Heritage Compendia" (PDF). Dedham Vale AONB. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
5. "Volume XXXVIII Part 1 (1993)_Fourteenth century divorce in Stoke by Nayland" (PDF). Suffolk Institute. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

• http://www.hadleigh.org.uk/content/catholicism.htm