Wetherden, Suffolk One Place Study

Location: Wetherden, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies Suffolk England

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Contents 1 Wetherden, Suffolk One Place Study 1.1 Name 1.2 Geography 1.3 History 1.3.1 Buildings 1.3.2 Cemeteries 1.3.3 Population 1.3.4 Directories 1.3.5 Notables 1.4 External Websites 2 Sources

Wetherden, Suffolk One Place Study

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Name

Wetherden was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as 'Watdena' or 'Wederdena',^[1] the name deriving from old English 'wether' for castrated rams and 'dena' for valley.^[2]

Geography

Wetherden is a village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England,situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Stowmarket and about 1.25 miles (2.0 km) west of the village of Haughley. In 2021 the parish had a population of 552. ^[3]

Continent: Europe

Sovereign State: United Kingdom

Country England

County: Suffollk

GPS Coordinates: 52.227, 0.94

Elevation: 44.0 m or 144.4 feet

History

Wetherden (Watdena, Wederdena) was mentioned in Domesday Book^[4] as being in the hundred of Stowmarket and the county of Suffolk. It had a recorded population of 61 households in 1086, putting it in the largest 20% of settlements recorded, and is listed under 3 owners. Details recorded are:

• Households: 20 freemen. 13 smallholders.
• Land and resources: Ploughland: 7 men's plough teams.
• Other resources: Meadow 9 acres. 0.5 churches. 0.12 church lands.
• Valuation: Annual value to lord: 2 pounds in 1086; 1 pound 10 shillings in 1066.
• Owners:
  • Tenant-in-chief in 1086: (Bury) St Edmunds, abbey of.
  • Lords in 1086: Arnulf (the wild); (Bury) St Edmunds, abbey of; Ralph {the fat}.
  • Overlord in 1066: (Bury) St Edmunds, abbey of.
  • Lord in 1066: free men, twenty.^[5]

Domesday Book Entry for Wetherden, Suffolk

In the 15th century the manor of Wetherden was acquired by Sir John Sulliard (abt.1430-1488) who demolished the old manor house and built the current Wetherden Hall to the north east of village. A moated farmhouse now occupies the site at Base Green.^[2]

Buildings

• St Mary the Virgin, Wetherden (Church of England). Mid 14 century, a Grade 1 listed building.
• Wetherden Baptist Church.
• Wetherden Hall
• The Maypole Inn (c. 1530, a Grade II listed building).

Cemeteries

• St Mary's Churchyard
• Wetherden Baptist Church.

Population

Work in progress.

Wetherden Census Population Year Population 1801 346[6] 1811 382 [6] 1821 468 [6] 1831 487 [6] 1841 515 [6] 1851 541 [6] 1861 479 [7] 1871 445 [8] 1881 489 [6] 1891 452 [6] 1901 400 [6] 1911 431 [6] 1921 471 [6] 1931 431 [6] 1951 415 [6] 1961 431 [6] 1971 445 1981 438 2001 557 [9] 2011 543 [9] 2021 552 [9]

• Wetherden 1841 Census
• Wetherden 1851 Census
• Wetherden 1861 Census
• Wetherden 1871 Census

Directories

• Whites Directory 1844
• Kelly's Directory 1853
• Whites Directory 1855
• Kelly's Directory 1865
• Kelly's Directory 1869
• Kelly's Directory 1875
• Kelly's Directory 1883
• Kelly's Directory 1896

Notables

• William Robinson (Governor of Hong Kong)
• Richard Shepherd (theologian)
• John Sulyard
• Michael Tippett

External Websites

• FamilySearch Wiki for Wetherden, Suffolk
• GenUKI GENUKI is a 'virtual reference library' and covering all areas of the UK.
• Wetherden History Group

Sources

1. ↑ "Suffolk V-Z". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "History". Wetherden Parish Council. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
3. ↑ "Haughley and Wetherden". UK Census Data. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
4. ↑ "Little Domesday Book"
   E 31/1/3/798
   The National Archives, Kew (accessed 6 July 2024)
5. ↑ "Domesday Book"
   Open Domeday by Anna Powell-Smith (accessed 6 July 2024)
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13} GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wetherden CP/AP through time | Population Statistics | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time. Date accessed: 19th January 2023
7. ↑ Census of England and Wales for the year 1861 : population tables by Great Britain. Census Office; Royal College of Physicians of London - Archive.org https://archive.org/details/b24751261_0003/page/900/mode/2up?q=wetherden
8. ↑ Digest of the English census of 1871 by Great Britain. Registrar General - Archive.org https://archive.org/details/b2810724x/page/86/mode/2up?q=wetherden
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} City Population Date accessed: 19th January 2023