GISLINGHAM, a village and a parish in Hartismere district, Suffolk. The village stands near the Eastern Union railway, 1¾ mile N of Finningham r. station, and 5 SW by W of Eye; and has a post office under Eye. The parish comprises 2, 251 acres. Real property, £4, 527. Pop., 623. Houses, 147. The property is subdivided, A preceptory of the Knights of St. John stood here; and was given, in the time of Edward VI., to John Greene and Robert Hall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £503.* Patron, the Rev. Thomas Collyer. The church is Norman, with pointed porch and brick tower; and was recently in need of some repair. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a free school, a town estate with £46, and other charities with £40.

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