Kersey | |
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Kersey ford | |
Location within Suffolk | |
Population | 359 (2011) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | IPSWICH |
Postcode district | IP7 |
UK Parliament | |
Kersey is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district in Suffolk, 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. A particular green colour is known as Kersey Green. The cloth was presumably originally made there, but later in many other places too.