Withermarsh Green

Village in Suffolk, England

Human settlement in England

List of places: UK; England; Suffolk

51°59′42″N 0°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

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