Withersdale Street
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The village of Withersdale Street is located within the rural parish of Mendham
, on the Norfolk
/Suffolk
border, in the Waveney Valley
. The village is predominantly a ribbon development
, along the B1123, from Harleston
to Halesworth
. To the west of the village lies Mendham Priory, whilst to the east, the Red House, a later Georgian red brick building also mentioned by Pevsner, faces towards the new village hall.
In November 2009, the new village hall opened, on land to the east of the village. It was the culmination of funding from, amongst others, Suffolk County Council
, Mid Suffolk District Council, Suffolk Environmental Trust, Adnams, the Clothworkers' Foundation, Garfield Weston, the Rank Foundation and the Suffolk Foundation.
Mendham, Suffolk
Mendham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the east bank of the River Waveney around a mile east of Harleston, in 2005 its population was 440. The parish includes the hamlets of Withersdale Street...
, on the Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
/Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
border, in the Waveney Valley
Waveney
Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney that forms its north-west border. The district council is based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney, which is the only unparished area in the district...
. The village is predominantly a ribbon development
Ribbon development
Ribbon development means building houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement. Such development generated great concern in the United Kingdom during the 1920s and the 1930s, as well as in numerous other countries....
, along the B1123, from Harleston
Harleston
Harleston may refer to:*Harleston, Devon*Harleston, Norfolk*Harleston, Suffolk...
to Halesworth
Halesworth
Halesworth is a small market town in the northeastern corner of Suffolk, England. It is located south west of Lowestoft, and straddles the River Blyth, 9 miles upstream from Southwold. The town is served by Halesworth railway station on the Ipswich-Lowestoft East Suffolk Line...
. To the west of the village lies Mendham Priory, whilst to the east, the Red House, a later Georgian red brick building also mentioned by Pevsner, faces towards the new village hall.
In November 2009, the new village hall opened, on land to the east of the village. It was the culmination of funding from, amongst others, Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council is the administrative authority for the county of Suffolk, England. It is run by 72 elected county councillors representing 63 divisions...
, Mid Suffolk District Council, Suffolk Environmental Trust, Adnams, the Clothworkers' Foundation, Garfield Weston, the Rank Foundation and the Suffolk Foundation.