| Westerfield | |
|---|---|
 Westerfield, Church of St Mary Magdalene | |
Westerfield Location within Suffolk | |
| Area | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population | 442 (2011) |
| • Density | 144/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | TM1747 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | IPSWICH |
| Postcode district | IP6 |
| Dialling code | 01473 |
| Police | Suffolk |
| Fire | Suffolk |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Westerfield is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.1 It lies about two miles north of the centre of Ipswich and is served by Westerfield railway station on the Ipswich–Lowestoft East Suffolk Line.
Amenities
Westerfield has two public houses, The Swan in northern Westerfield2 and The Westerfield Railway in the south.3 Both serve meals and contribute much to local social activity.
Central Westerfield has a village green adjacent to the medieval parish Church of St Mary Magdalene,45 where the East Anglian cleric and Hebrew scholar Cyprian Thomas Rust (1808–1895) is among those buried.6 It has fine stained glass windows, of which St Mary of Magdala was designed by William Morris.4
Population
The population of Westerfield with Culpho was estimated at 486 in 20197 and measured at 442 in the 2011 Census.8
History
Westerfield was in the Bosmere and Claydon hundred, in 1894 it became part of Woodbridge Rural District which became part of the administrative county of East Suffolk in 1889. On 31 December 1894 the parish of "Westerfield in Ipswich" was formed from the part of the parish in the County borough of Ipswich,9 on 1 April 1952 5 acres was transferred to Rushmere St Andrew parish.10 In 1974 it became part of Suffolk Coastal non-metropolitan district in the non-metropolitan county of Suffolk. On 1 April 1986 land was transferred from the Ipswich district to Westerfield and a parish council was formed.11 In 2019 it became part of East Suffolk district.
References
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 169 Ipswich & The Naze (Clacton-on-Sea) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229231.
- [Own page Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- [Own page Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- Description and history. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- Historical note. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- City Population. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- "Ipswich Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- "Westerfield (Parish) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- "The Ipswich and Suffolk Coastal (District Boundaries) Order 1985" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2025.