Herringswell

Herringswell
St Ethelbert's Church, Herringswell
Herringswell is located in Suffolk
Herringswell
Herringswell
Location within Suffolk
Population290 (2011)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBury St Edmunds
Postcode districtIP28
Dialling code01638
PoliceSuffolk
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AmbulanceEast of England
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52°18′04″N 0°30′58″E / 52.301184°N 0.516185°E / 52.301184; 0.516185

Herringswell is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. In 2005, it had a population of 190. In 2007, there were 128 voters there.

It is 6 miles (9.7 km) from Newmarket.

History

In 2006, a village council successfully opposed the development of a proposed stadium, Watermark, by combining its advocacy with those of four surrounding communities.

Composition

Herringswell Manor is located in the community. The Abbot of Bury St Edmunds originally owned the land, and by the early 20th century, it was the country house of a Blackheath, London family, of businessperson Arthur Ballance and his wife's family, the Peeks. The Balances/Peeks lived in the mock-Tudor manor house built in 1901. In 1965, the property was bought for £35,000 to be an American-style-curriculum boarding school for children of U.S. & Canadian families who were working internationally. In 1981, the property was sold to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ashram. Herringswell residents formed a council when they deemed the ashram to be gaining too much influence. The Shi-Tennoji School in UK, a Japanese Buddhist boarding school, was in operation there beginning in 1985 and ending on 17 July 2000. The former campus includes the Herringswell Manor, built in 1901. The school closed due to declining student figures. The manor house as well as the other buildings on the property have now been converted into flats.

References

  1. 1 2 Estimates of Total Population of Areas in Suffolk Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk County Council
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McNeill, Phil. "Shrine of the times." (Archive) The Telegraph. 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Herringswell". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Establishment: Shi-Tennoji School." (Archive[link removed]) Department for Education. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Shi-Tennoji School Herringswell Bury St Edmund's Suffolk IP28 6SW"
  5. ↑ "Herringswell Manor." (Archive[link removed]) Herringswell Parish Council. Retrieved on 9 January 2014.