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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackbourn like this:
BLACKBOURN, a hundred in Suffolk. It lies between Norfolk on the N, Hartismere hundred on the E, and Lackford hundred on the W; and contains Great Ashfield parish, thirty-two other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 63,857. Pop., 15,703. Houses, 3,302.
Blackbourn is now part of WEST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackbourn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackbourn, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21201
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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