Wantisden

{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name= Wantisden

| static_image=file:Wantisden - Church of St John the Baptist.jpg

| static_image_caption= Church of St John the Baptist

|coordinates = {{coord|52.110617|1.457811|display=inline,title}}

| population= 30

| population_ref= (2001)[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/38314C3E-02A0-4515-92FE-8909C6FDB3A3/0/Parishestimates01to05.pdf Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk] Suffolk County Council

|shire_district= East Suffolk

|shire_county = Suffolk

|region= East of England

|constituency_westminster= Suffolk Coastal

|post_town= Woodbridge

|postcode_district = IP12

|postcode_area= IP

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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.[http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/ButleyPC/Wantisden/ Welcome to Wantisden] Butley, Capel St Andrew & Wantisden Parish Council It shares a parish council with nearby Butley and Capel St. Andrew.{{cite web |url=http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/butleypc/ |title=Welcome to Butley, Capel St Andrew & Wantisden website |website=www.onesuffolk.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906221910/http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/ButleyPC/ |archive-date=2007-09-06}} It has a church dedicated to St John the Baptist.{{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-286242-church-of-st-john-the-baptist-wantisden| title = Church of St John the Baptist, Wantisden, Suffolk}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/wantisden.htm|title = Suffolk Churches}}

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'.Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.496