Suffolk
Babergh District
Kersey

Kersey

Kersey is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district in , in the east of England. The main street has a ford across a stream. Its principal claim to fame is that a coarse woollen cloth called Kersey cloth takes its name from it.
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  • Type: Village with 321 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Suffolk, UK
  • Also known as: “Kersey, Suffolk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Kersey and Kersey Priory.

Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Kersey, Suffolk.

Ruins
was a priory in Kersey, , England. It was founded before 1218 by Thomas de Burgh, Castellan of Norwich, and brother of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, as a hospital dedicated to St Mary the Blessed Virgin and St Anthony the Abbot until it was later converted into a monastery for a community of Austin Canons.

Pub
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drakestone Green and Kersey Upland.

Hamlet
Semer is a small village and civil parish in , England. Located adjacent to a bridge over the on the B1115 between and , it is part of Babergh district.

Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kersey is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district in , in the east of England. The main street has a ford across a stream. Its principal claim to fame is that a coarse woollen cloth called Kersey cloth takes its name from it.

Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kersey is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district in , in the east of England. The main street has a ford across a stream. Its principal claim to fame is that a coarse woollen cloth called Kersey cloth takes its name from it.

Kersey

Latitude
52.05973° or 52° 3′ 35″ north
Longitude
0.91865° or 0° 55′ 7″ east
Population
321
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Open location code
9F423W59+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287979954
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2645766
Wiki­data ID
Q1024009
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Kersey” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kersey (Suffolk)”
  • Basque: “Kersey”
  • Cebuano: “Kersey”
  • Chinese: “Kersey”
  • Chinese: “科尔塞”
  • Chinese: “科爾塞”
  • Dutch: “Kersey”
  • French: “Kersey”
  • German: “Kersey”
  • Irish: “Kersey”
  • Italian: “Kersey (Suffolk)”
  • Italian: “Kersey”
  • Ladin: “Kersey”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kersey (Suffolk)”
  • Persian: “کرسی، سافک”
  • Polish: “Kersey”
  • Spanish: “Kersey”
  • Swedish: “Cereseia”
  • Swedish: “Kersey, Suffolk”
  • Swedish: “Kersey”
  • Turkish: “Kersey, Suffolk”
  • “Kersey”

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Notable Places Nearby

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