HOMERSFIELD, a village and a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Waveney, at the boundary with Norfolk, near the Waveney Valley railway, 4¾ miles SW of Bungay; and has a station on the railway.—The parish comprises 981 acres. Post town, South Elmham-St. Margaret, under Harlestone. Real property, £1, 579. Pop., 208. Houses, 53. The property belongs to Sir R. S. Adair, Bart. A residence of the Bishop of Norwich was here in the time of Henry III. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of South Elmham-ST. Cross, in the diocese of Norwich. Patron, Sir R. S. Adair, Bart. The church is early English; has an ivy clad tower; and was recently repaired.

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