LIVERMERE-MAGNA, a village and a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk. The village stands 3½ miles W by N of Ixworth, and 5 NNE of Bury St. Edmunds r. station; and has a post office under Bury St. Edmunds. The parish comprises 1,549 acres. Real property, £1,951. Pop., 290. Houses, 64. The manor, with Livermere Hall, belonged to the Duke of Grafton; passed to the Cokes, the Actons, and Admiral Sir G. N. Broke Middleton, Bart; and belongs now to Miss Broke. The Hall is a handsome edifice; was built by the Duke of Grafton; and stands in a fine park, which extends into LivermereParva, and is traversed by a fine stream. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Livermere-Parva, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £443. * Patron, Miss Broke. The church is a small thatched building, with a tower. There is a town estate for poor widows, yielding about £39 a year.

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