GLEMHAM (Little), a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; adjacent to the river Alde and to the East Suffolk railway, 1¾ mile ENE of Marlesford r. station and 4½ SW of Saxmundham. It has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 268. Real property, £2, 301. Pop., 325. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Glemham Hall was formerly the seat of the Glemhams, -one of whom, Sir Thomas, fought conspicuously for Charles I.; and is now the residence of A. Garrett, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Great Glemham, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £329.* Patron, the Earl of Guilford. The church was repaired in 1858. Henry Glemham, who became bishop of St. Asaph after the restoration, was a native.

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