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Kersey, Suffolk - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 52°03′00″N 0°55′01″E / 52.05°N 0.917°E

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Kersey
Kersey ford
Kersey Location within Suffolk
Population	359 (2011)
Civil parish	Kersey
District	Babergh
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	IPSWICH
Postcode district	IP7
UK Parliament	South Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk 52°03′00″N 0°55′01″E / 52.05°N 0.917°E / 52.05; 0.917

Kersey is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district in Suffolk, in the east of England. The main street has a ford across a stream. Its principal claim to fame is that a coarse woollen cloth called Kersey cloth takes its name from it. A particular green colour is known as Kersey Green. The cloth was presumably originally made there, but later in many other places too.

Geography and demographics

The parish contains the village of Kersey and the hamlets of Kersey Tye, Kersey Upland, Wicker Street Green and William's Green.^[1] Kersey's church is St Mary's, and the village also contains a primary school.

The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 359.^[2]

Village

The village is known for its picturesque main street with medieval timber-framed houses^[3] and a ford of a tributary of the River Brett known locally as "The Splash".^[4]^[5]

Kersey was the location of an alleged paranormal incident known as 'The Kersey Time Slip' where three Royal Navy cadets; William Laing, Michael Crowley and Ray Baker, are said to have travelled back in time when entering the village in 1957 on a training exercise.^[6]

Filming

The village has been used as a filming location including for Lovejoy,^[7] Magpie Murders^[8] and the advert launching the Austin Metro.^[9] Kersey is the subject of Penelope Keith's TV series "Hidden Villages", season 1/ episode 1

Notable residents

Robert Gordon-Finlayson (1881-1956), Adjutant-General to the Forces; he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1937, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918, and Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1915.
Lewis Lyne, (1899-1970), a Major-General who served before and during World War II and was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1945 and Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in 1943.
Hammond Innes (1913–1998), novelist.
Peter Vansittart (1920-2008), novelist.

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Kersey, Suffolk

References

^ "Home". GB: Kersey.onesuffolk.net. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
^ "Kersey - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ Barnett, Sophie (21 September 2020). "Seven of Suffolk's prettiest villages you should visit". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "Suffolk council refuses 'dangerous' ford warning sign". BBC News. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ "BeenThere-DoneThat: The village of Kersey, Suffolk". www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^ Mike Dash (21 July 2011). "When Three British Boys Traveled to Medieval England (Or Did They?)". Smithsonian Museum. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
^ Reynolds, David (10 January 1986), The Firefly Cage (Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery), Ian McShane, Phyllis Logan, Dudley Sutton, Malcolm Tierney, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Witzend Productions, Tamariska Productions, retrieved 10 December 2020
^ "Where is Magpie Murders filmed?".
^ "The Metro Film". Paddy CarpenterR. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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Towns	Sudbury Hadleigh
Civil parishes (current)	Acton Aldham Alpheton Arwarton Assington Belstead Bentley Bildeston Boxford Boxted Brantham Brent Eleigh Brettenham Bures St Mary Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Chelsworth Chilton Cockfield Copdock and Washbrook East Bergholt Edwardstone Elmsett Freston Glemsford Great Cornard Great Waldingfield Groton Hadleigh (town) Harkstead Hartest Higham Hintlesham Hitcham Holbrook Holton St Mary Kersey Kettlebaston Lavenham Lawshall Layham Leavenheath Lindsey Little Cornard Little Waldingfield Long Melford Milden Monks Eleigh Nayland-with-Wissington Nedging-with-Naughton Newton Pinewood Polstead Preston St Mary Raydon Semer Shelley Shimpling Shotley Somerton Sproughton Stanstead Stoke-by-Nayland Stratford St. Mary Stutton Sudbury (town) Tattingstone Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Wenham Magna Wenham Parva Whatfield Wherstead Woolverstone
Civil parishes (former)	Ballingdon Copdock Hadleigh Hamlet Naughton Nayland Nedging Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St Bartholomew Sudbury St Gregory Sudbury St Peter Washbrook Wissington
Other settlements	Ash Street Brundon Bures Bury Road Drakestone Green Erwarton Fenstead End Flatford Hagmore Green Hanningfield Green Harrow Green Hart's Green Hibb's Green Lambs Lane Lawshall Green Little Wenham Lower Layham Nedging Tye Oldhall Green Pin Mill Rooksey Green Shotley Gate The Street Thorington Street Upper Layham Windsor Green Withermarsh Green
Buildings	Abbas Hall Bridge Cottage St Mary's Church, Chilton Coldham Cottage Flatford Mill Freston Tower Gainsborough's House Giffords Hall Kentwell Hall Kersey Priory St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham Lavenham Guildhall Lavenham Priory Lavenham Wool Hall All Saints' Church, Lawshall Lawshall Hall St James' Chapel, Lindsey All Saints Church, Little Wenham Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford Melford Hall Milden Castle All Saints Church, Newton Green Smallbridge Hall St Mary's Church, Stoke-by-Nayland St Gregory's Church, Sudbury St Peter's Church, Sudbury Tattingstone Wonder Thorington Hall St Mary's Church, Washbrook Wattisham Strict Baptist Chapel Willy Lott's Cottage Woolverstone Hall

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