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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sizewell like this:
SIZEWELL, a hamlet in Leiston parish, Suffolk; on the coast, at S. Gap, 6 miles E of Saxmundham. It contains some recent marine villa residences; has a coastguard station and a fishery; and ranks as a chapelry, annexed to Leiston. S. Bank is a shoal lying off the hamlet; measures 6 miles by ¾; and has from 4 to 9 fathoms water.
Sizewell is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sizewell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sizewell, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24981
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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