Herringswell
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{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name=Herringswell
|coordinates = {{coord|52.301184|0.516185|display=inline,title}}
| population = 290
|shire_district= West Suffolk
|shire_county = Suffolk
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= West Suffolk
|post_town= Bury St Edmunds
|postcode_district = IP28
|postcode_area= IP
|dial_code= 01638
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|static_image = Herringswell Church - geograph.org.uk - 42019.jpg
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|static_image_caption= St Ethelbert's Church, Herringswell
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Herringswell is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. In 2005 it had a population of 190. In 2007 there were 128 voters there.McNeill, Phil. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100425060806/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359022/Shrine-of-the-times.html Shrine of the times]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140302063429/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359022/Shrine-of-the-times.html Archive]) The Telegraph. 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
It is {{convert|6|mi|km}} from Newmarket.
History
Composition
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Herringswell Manor is located in the community. The Abbot of Bury St Edmunds originally owned the land, and by the early 20th century it was the country house of a Blackheath, London family, of businessperson Arthur Ballance and his wife's family, the Peeks. The Ballances/Peeks lived in the mock-Tudor manor house built in 1901.
In 1965 the property was bought for £35,000 to be an American-style-curriculum boarding school for children of U.S. & Canadian families who were working internationally.{{Cite web |url=http://santondownham.org/Archive/22villagesfull/herringswell22/index.htm |title=Welcome to Herringswell |access-date=28 March 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920232548/http://santondownham.org/Archive/22villagesfull/herringswell22/index.htm |url-status=dead }}
In 1981 the property was sold to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ashram. Herringswell residents formed a council when they deemed the ashram to be gaining too much influence. The Shi-Tennoji School in UK, a Japanese Buddhist boarding school, was in operation there beginning in 1985 and ending on 17 July 2000."[http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=124894 Establishment: Shi-Tennoji School]." ([https://archive.today/20140109022433/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=124894 Archive]) Department for Education. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Shi-Tennoji School Herringswell Bury St Edmund's Suffolk IP28 6SW" The former campus includes the Herringswell Manor, built in 1901. The school closed due to declining student figures."[http://herringswell.onesuffolk.net/home/herringswell-manor/ Herringswell Manor]." ([https://archive.today/20140109055905/http://herringswell.onesuffolk.net/home/herringswell-manor/ Archive]) Herringswell Parish Council. Retrieved on 9 January 2014. The manor house as well as the other buildings on the property have now been converted into flats.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.herringswell.onesuffolk.net Herringswell Parish Council]
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