Population 208 (2011) Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Suffolk | OS grid reference TM045691 Country England Post town Stowmarket District Mid Suffolk | |
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Westhorpe is a linear village and civil parish in the Suffolk countryside, thirteen miles (21 km) from Bury St. Edmunds, eight miles from Stowmarket and a mile (3 km) from the villages of Wyverstone and Finningham.
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Map of Westhorpe, Stowmarket, UK
Administratively Westhorpe forms part of the non-metropolitan district of Mid Suffolk.
Westhorpe Hall was a former seat of the Dukes of Suffolk and the place of death of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, with its close neighbour East Thorpe manor, being the seat of a previous duke, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
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Westhorpe, Suffolk Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA