Westerfield
{{Short description|Village in Suffolk, England}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|official_name = Westerfield
|country = England
|region = East of England
|os_grid_reference = TM1747
|population = 442
|population_ref = (2011)
|area_total_km2 = 3.07
|coordinates = {{coord|52.083|1.172|display=inline,title}}
|post_town = IPSWICH
|postcode_area = IP
|postcode_district = IP6
|dial_code = 01473
|shire_county = Suffolk
|constituency_westminster = Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
|shire_district = East Suffolk
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|static_image_name = Westerfield - Church of St Mary Magdalene.jpg
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|static_image_caption = Westerfield, Church of St Mary Magdalene
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Westerfield is a village in Suffolk, England.{{Cite map |title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 169 Ipswich & The Naze (Clacton-on-Sea)|ISBN = 9780319229231 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}} It lies about two miles north of the centre of Ipswich in the East Suffolk District, and is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Amenities
Westerfield has two public houses, The Swan in northern Westerfield[Own page [https://www.debeninns.co.uk/swan/ Retrieved 13 August 2021.] and The Westerfield Railway in the south.[Own page [https://www.therailwaywesterfield.co.uk/ Retrieved 13 August 2021.] Both serve meals and contribute much to local social activity.
Central Westerfield has a village green adjacent to the medieval parish Church of St Mary Magdalene,[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/westerfield.htm Description and history. Retrieved 6 December 2020.][https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2345/about-us/ Historical note. Retrieved 13 August 2021.] where the East Anglian cleric and Hebrew scholar Cyprian Thomas Rust (1808–1895) is among those buried.{{DNB Cite |wstitle=Rust, Thomas Cyprian}} It has fine stained glass windows, of which St Mary of Magdala was designed by William Morris.
Population
The population of Westerfield with Culpho was estimated at 486 in 2019[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/east_suffolk/E04009476__westerfield/ City Population. Retrieved 6 December 2020.] and measured at 442 in the 2011 Census.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130433&c=IP6+9AA&d=16&e=62&g=6467304&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1442589665688&enc=1 |title=Parish population 2011 |access-date=18 September 2015}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.westerfield-village.co.uk/ Westerfield Village]
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Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk
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