Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WETHERDEN

WETHERDEN, a parish, with a scattered village, in Stow district, Suffolk; 1½ mile E by S of Elmswell r. station, and 4 NW of Stowmarket. Post town, Stow-market. Acres, 1,830. Real property, £3,273. Pop., 479. Houses, 114. The manor belongs to Lord Thurlow. W. Hall was the seat of the Sulyards, and is now a farmhouse. Uppertown is the seat ofHeigham, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £484.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English. There are a Baptist chapel, a parochial school, and charities £117.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a scattered village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wetherden Parish       Stow Poor Law Union/Registration District       Suffolk Ancient County
Place: Wetherden

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