Westhorpe, Suffolk Explained

Official Name:	Westhorpe
Country:	England
Region:	East of England
Static Image Name:	UK Westhorpe (Suffolk) (cropped).jpg
Static Image Caption:	Westhorpe village sign
Os Grid Reference:	TM045691
Coordinates:	52.282°N 0.997°W
Population:	208
Population Ref:	(2011)^[1]
Post Town:	Stowmarket
Postcode Area:	IP
Postcode District:	IP14
Shire County:	Suffolk
Shire District:	Mid Suffolk
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Westhorpe is a linear village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is 13miles from the town of Bury St. Edmunds, 7miles from Stowmarket, and 1miles from the villages of Wyverstone and Finningham.

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]

St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe

See main article: St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe. St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe is the parish church for the village. It is part of the Badwell and Walsham Benefice.^[3]

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.^[4]
Jean Kent (1921−2013), film and television actress, lived at Westhorpe until her death^[5]

Web site: Civil Parish population 2011 . 30 August 2016 . Office for National Statistics . statistics.gov.uk .
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22461 "Pole, William de la, first duke of Suffolk"
Web site: St Margaret's Church . westhorpe.onesuffolk.net . Welcome to Westhorpe . 19 August 2023.
Moriarty . G. Andrews. George Andrews Moriarty Jr. . Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island . . January 1943 . 19 . 3 . 131.
Web site: Film star Jean Kent dies at 92 . Herald . 30 November 2013 . Herald & Times Group . 30 November 2013.