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Witnesham, Suffolk

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Witnesham, Suffolk

Witnesham is a village situated roughly 4 miles to the north of Ipswich, Suffolk. The main road from Ipswich that links the village to the town is the B1077, Westerfield Road. It is in the Domesday Book as 'Wytenesham’ (Witta’s/Witten’s meadow or enclosure) and had 10 villagers. It was a part of the old Hundreds of Suffolk of Carlford (hundred). The village has two churches, the Baptist at the top of the village, north on Upper Road.

Post town

IPSWICH

Administrative County

Suffolk

Traditional County

Suffolk

OS Grid

TM1850

OS Settlement Classification

Other settlement (village, hamlet etc)

Region

Eastern

Country

England

Police Authority

Suffolk

Dialling code

01473

Other names by which Witnesham, Suffolk has been known in the past

Witdesham

Witnesham, Suffolk in John Bartholomew's "Gazetteer of the British Isles" (1887)