Wantisden

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Wantisden
Church of St John the Baptist
Church of St John the Baptist
Wantisden is located in Suffolk
Wantisden
Wantisden
Location within Suffolk
Population30 (2001)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWoodbridge
Postcode districtIP12
PoliceSuffolk
FireSuffolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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52°06′38″N 1°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

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  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
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