Waldringfield
{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Waldringfield
| country= England
| region= East of England
| os_grid_reference= TM282446
| coordinates = {{coord|52.051648|1.322468|display=inline,title}}
| population= 464
| post_town= Woodbridge
| postcode_area= IP
| postcode_district= IP12
| dial_code=
| shire_county= Suffolk
| shire_district= East Suffolk
| constituency_westminster= Suffolk Coastal
| static_image=Waldringfield Boat Yard - geograph.org.uk - 161628.jpg
| static_image_width=240px
| static_image_caption= Waldringfield Boat Yard on the River Deben
| website= [http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/WaldringfieldPC www.onesuffolk.co.uk /WaldringfieldPC]
}}
File:cmglee_Waldringfield_Maybush.jpg
Waldringfield is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is situated on the bank of the River Deben within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} south of the town of Woodbridge and {{convert|8|mi|km|1}} east of the county town of Ipswich.
All Saints' Church dates from the 14th century. Restored in the 19th century, it is a grade II* listed building.{{NHLE| num = 1198720| desc= CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS |access-date= 3 April 2014}}
Waldringfield Heath, between the village and Martlesham on the edge of Ipswich, is the site of Waldringfield Golf Club.{{cite web|url= http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/43BBD652-9B20-48D5-A217-4646BBD4681B/0/Parish20Plan.pdf
|title= Waldringfield Parish Plan|publisher= Waldringfield Parish Council|access-date= 2010-04-04}}
It also has a yacht club called Waldringfield Yacht Club.
A probable Early Pliocene macaque molar from the Red Crag Formation in Waldringfield, represents one of the oldest and northernmost records of the genus in Europe reported to date.{{cite journal |last1=Pickford |first1=M. |last2=Gommery |first2=D. |last3=Ingicco |first3=T. |year=2023 |title=Macaque molar from the Red Crag Formation, Waldringfield, England |journal=Fossil Imprint |volume=79 |issue=1 |pages=26–36 |doi=10.37520/fi.2023.003 |s2cid=265089167 |doi-access=free }}
History
The name Waldringfield is derived from the Old English words meaning 'open land of the family or followers of a man called Waldhere'.
{{cite web
|url= http://www.sheshen-eceni.co.uk/icenian_gallery.html
|title= Waldringfield A Dictionary of British Place-Names
|publisher= encyclopedia.com
|access-date= 2010-04-04
}} The length of human habitation at Waldringfield is unknown but Iron Age finds such as pottery shards from the 1st century BC have been found locally.
{{cite web
|url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Waldringfield.html
|title= Iron Age & Celtic Photo Gallery
|publisher= www.sheshen-eceni.co.uk
|access-date= 2010-04-04
}} Record of the settlement is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name 'Waldingafelda'
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7610892
|title=Image details - Place name: Waldringfield, Suffolk
|publisher=The National Archives
|access-date=2010-04-04}} along with the name 'Minima Waldringafelda' (Lesser Waldringfield).
{{cite web
|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7591834
|title=Image details - Place name: Lesser Waldringfield, Suffolk
|publisher=The National Archives
|access-date=2010-04-04}}
The village had an industrial heyday from about 1860 to 1907. First, until about 1895, coprolite was dug up locally, washed and sifted on the beach and shipped by barge to be processed in factories in Ipswich, as part of the early fertiliser industry. Then, at the end of the nineteenth century, a cement-making industry used mud from the river mixed with chalk brought in by barge from the Medway. Served by one hundred barges a month and employing twelve 'bottleneck' kilns, the industry survived until 1907. The kilns were demolished in 1912.{{cite web |url=http://www.waldringfield.onesuffolk.net/ |title=Home |website=waldringfield.onesuffolk.net}}
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