The first written record of its existence is to be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was noted that the village of Wenadestuna possessed a mill, a church and woodland sufficient to feed 16 hogs.

[3] The village's greatest historical treasure is undoubtedly the Wenhaston Doom in St Peter’s Church, a sixteenth-century (pre-Reformation) panel painting depicting the Last Judgement.

Today, the local community and economy of Wenhaston continues to benefit from its proximity to the Suffolk Heritage Coast and the flourishing resort town of Southwold.

There is a thriving pig farm industry in the fields between Wenhaston and Blythburgh.

Wenhaston has been connected to Halesworth and Southwold by bus services in the past years with routes being traced to eastern counties omnibus.