Whepstead

Whepstead

St Petronilla Church, Whepstead
Whepstead

 Whepstead shown within Suffolk
Shire county Suffolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
EU Parliament East of England
List of places: UK • England • Suffolk

Whepstead is a village in Suffolk, United Kingdom, located south of Bury St Edmunds. Once the property of Bury Abbey it became a possession of the Drury family at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century. Whepstead Church is dedicated to St Petronilla the only such dedication in England.

Hamlets in the parish of Whepstead include Melon Green, Mickley Green and Stone Cross Green.

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Demography

According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Whepstead had a population of 427 with 181 households.[1]

Population change

##Population growth## in Whepstead from 1801 to 1891
Year 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1881 1891
Population 546 635 664 618 681 652 625 502
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time[2]
##Population growth## in Whepstead from 1901 to 2001
Year 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1961 2001
Population 472 430 376 391 421 357 427
Source: A Vision of Britain Through Time

Lo#ation grid

References

  1. ^ "Suffolk County Council - 2001 Census Profiles". http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A546F6B2-3218-4537-9398-384E6BA430C5/0/CensusParishdata.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  2. ^ "A Vision of Britain Through Time". University of Portsmouth & others. http://www#visionofbritain#org#uk/data_cube_page#jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10274199&c_id=10001043&add=N. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 

External links

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