Westhorpe, Suffolk

Westhorpe is a linear village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is 13 miles (21 km) from the town of Bury St. Edmunds, 7 miles (11 km) from Stowmarket, and 1 mile (1.6 km) from the villages of Wyverstone and Finningham.

Westhorpe

Westhorpe village sign
Westhorpe
Location within Suffolk
Population208 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceTM045691
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStowmarket
Postcode districtIP14

Westhorpe Hall was a former seat of the Dukes of Suffolk, and was where Mary Tudor, Queen of France died. East Thorpe manor, its close neighbour, was the seat of a previous duke, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.[2]

John Clarke (1609–1676), physician, Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and author of its charter, was born in Westhorpe.[3] Jean Kent (1921−2013), film and television actress, lived at Westorpe until her death[4]

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. "Pole, William de la, first duke of Suffolk", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. Moriarty, G. Andrews (January 1943). "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island". The American Genealogist. 19 (3): 131.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Film star Jean Kent dies at 92". Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 30 November 2013.


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