Withersfield

In 1870, the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Withersfield as: The name Withersfield directly translates in Old English to 'Wether open land' which means an area where rams roam. With the village being set in the middle of the countryside, traditionally most of the population worked in the agriculture industry. in 1881, 100 out of the 133 male population worked in agriculture. Withersfield appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Risbridge hundred of Suffolk. It was made up of 2 villagers, 13 smallholders, 3 slaves and 2 free men. It held 3 lord’s plough teams and 2 men’s plough teams. It had a meadow of 3 acres and 20 woodland pigs. In 1066 the lords were Alwin,…

The White Horse Inn was built in the seventeenth century as a coaching inn to take advantage of stagecoach traffic between Ipswich, Cambridge and Colchester. The pub is now well known for being owned in the 19th and 20th century by the uncle of Australian Cricket legend Donald Bradman. The White Horse Inn is also one of Withersfields 24 listed buildings with its main feature being its thatched roof.