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Withermarsh Green is a village in the civil parish of Stoke-by-Nayland, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located near the villages of Stoke-by-Nayland and Shelley. Withermarsh Green has a church called St Edmund's RC Church.[1]
The name "Withermarsh" means 'the quivering marsh' or 'the quaking bog'. Withermarsh was recorded in Ælfflæd's will of 1000-1002 as "Wifærmyrsc" and "Hwifermirsce".[2] Withermarsh Green was recorded in the Domesday Book as Withermers.[3] Withermarsh may have been called "Wythermerested" in 1327.[4] The Withermarsh family derive their name from Withermarsh.[5]