GAZELEY, a village and a parish in the district of Newmarket, and county of Suffolk; and a sub-district in the same district, chiefly also in Suffolk, but partly in Cambridge. The village stands near Icknield-street, 2½ miles SW of Higham r. station, and 4¾ E of Newmarket; and has a post office under Newmarket.—The parish contains also the hamlets of Higham-Green and Needham-street. Acres, 5, 899. Real property, £4, 658. Pop., 884. Houses, 186. The property is divided among a few. The making of bricks is carried on. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Kentford, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £438.* Patron, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The church is ancient and tolerable. The vicarage of Higham Green is a separate benefice. There are a Baptist chapel and a British school.—The sub-district contains seven parishes. Acres, 17, 421. Pop., 3, 446. Houses, 729.

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