WINGFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Hoxne district, Suffolk; 4¼ miles S by W of Harleston r. station. Post town, Harleston. Acres, 2,441. Real property, £4,301. Pop., 593. Houses, 133. The manors belong to Sir R. S. Adair, Bart., and Sir E.Kerrison, Bart. W. Castle consists of remains of an ancient seat of the De la Poles; comprises moat, drawbridge, battlemented walls, turrets, and towers; and has been partly converted into a farmhouse. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £298.* Patron, the Bishop of N. The church is a very fine ancient structure; was made collegiate, in 1362, by the widow and the brother of Sir John Wingfield; and was extensively restored in 1867. There are a national school, and charities £50.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))