Gestingthorpe
Gestingthorpe (pronounced /[invalid input: 'icon']ˈɡɛsɪŋθɔːrp/ GES-ing-thorp, 'guessingthorpe') is a village and a civil parish in the Braintree District, in the English county of Essex. It is approximately halfway between the town of Halstead in Essex and Sudbury in Suffolk. The nearest railway station is in Sudbury, which offers a shuttle service to Marks Tey and at the extremes of the day, Colchester. The village is situated at a set of crossroads, North End Road, Nether Hill, Sudbury Road and Church Street. It is served by the number 11 bus between Sudbury and Halstead, and three trips a day are made.
In the 19th century the Manor of Over Hall in Gestingthorpe was the home of the Oates family, whose most famous son, Captain Lawrence Oates, was born in Putney, London on 16 March 1880. The Oates were originally a West Yorkshire family until they succeeded to the manor.
References
Information about the village [1] St Mary the Virgin, Knights-Hospitallers website. [2]
External links
Media related to Gestingthorpe at Wikimedia Commons
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