Westhorpe, Suffolk

Westhorpe
Westhorpe
	Westhorpe village sign
	Westhorpe Location within Suffolk
Population	208 (2011)
OS grid reference	TM045691
District	Mid Suffolk;
Shire county	Suffolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stowmarket
Postcode district	IP14
	List of places UK England Suffolk 52°16′55″N 0°59′49″E / 52.282°N 0.997°E

Westhorpe is a linear village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The village is 13 miles (21 km) from the town of Bury St. Edmunds, 7 miles (11 km) from Stowmarket, and 1 mile (1.6 km) from the villages of Wyverstone and Finningham.

Westhorpe Hall was a former seat of the Dukes of Suffolk, and was where Mary Tudor, Queen of France died.^{[citation needed]} East Thorpe manor, its close neighbour, was the seat of a previous duke, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.^[2]

St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe

St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe is the parish church for the village. It is part of the Badwell and Walsham Benefice.^[3]

John Clarke (1609–1676), physician, Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and author of its charter, was born in Westhorpe.^[4]
Jean Kent (1921−2013), film and television actress, lived at Westhorpe until her death^[5]

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". statistics.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^ "Pole, William de la, first duke of Suffolk", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
^ "St Margaret's Church". westhorpe.onesuffolk.net. Welcome to Westhorpe. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ Moriarty, G. Andrews (January 1943). "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island". The American Genealogist. 19 (3): 131.
^ "Film star Jean Kent dies at 92". Herald. Herald & Times Group. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

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