Waldringfield

Waldringfield
Waldringfield Boat Yard on the River Deben
Waldringfield  Waldringfield shown within Suffolk
Population	464 (2012)[1]
OS grid reference	TM282446
District	Suffolk Coastal
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Woodbridge
Postcode district	IP12 4
Police	Suffolk
Fire	Suffolk
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	Suffolk Coastal
Website	www.onesuffolk.co.uk /WaldringfieldPC
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Coordinates: 52°03′06″N 1°19′21″E / 52.051648°N 1.322468°E / 52.051648; 1.322468

Waldringfield is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is situated on the bank of the River Deben within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the town of Woodbridge and 8 miles (12.9 km) east of the county town of Ipswich.

All Saints church dates from the 14th century. Restored in the 19th century, it is a grade II* listed building.^[2]

Waldringfield Heath, between the village and Martlesham on the edge of Ipswich, is the site of Waldringfield Golf Club.^[3]

It also has a Yacht Club called Waldringfield Yacht Club.

History

The name Waldringfield is derived from the Old English words meaning ‘open land of the family or followers of a man called Waldhere’.^[4] The length of human habitation at Waldringfield is unknown but iron age finds such a pottery shards from the 1st century BC have been found locally.^[5] Record of the settlement is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name 'Waldingafelda' ^[6] along with the name 'Minima Waldringafelda' (Lesser Waldringfield).^[7]

The village had an industrial heyday from about 1860 to 1907. First, until about 1895, coprolite was dug up locally, washed and sifted on the beach and shipped by barge to be processed in factories in Ipswich, as part of the early fertiliser industry. Then, at the end of the nineteenth century, a cement making industry used mud from the river mixed with chalk brought in by barge from the Medway. Served by one hundred barges a month and employing twelve ‘bottleneck’ kilns, the industry survived until 1907. The kilns were demolished in 1912.^[8]

References

Ceremonial county of Suffolk
Boroughs or districts	Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney
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