In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fressingfield like this:
FRESSINGFIELD, a parish in Hoxne district, Suffolk; 4 miles S by E of Harleston r. station, and 8½ W by N of Halesworth. It has a post office under Harleston. Acres, 4, 560. Real property, £9, 273. Pop., 1, 325. Houses, 290. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Withersdale, in the diocese of Norwich. ...
Value, £597.* Patron, Emanuel College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good; has a tower and a porch; and contains a brass of 1489, and an altar-tomb of Archbishop Sancroft. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £46. Archbishop Sancroft was a native, and also died here.
Fressingfield through time
Fressingfield is now part of Mid Suffolk district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Suffolk has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fressingfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fressingfield in Mid Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7210
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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