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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alderton like this:
ALDERTON, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; on the coast, between the Deben river and Hollesley bay, 8 miles SSE of Woodbridge r. station. It has a post office under Woodbridge. Acres, 2,543. Real property, £4,390. Pop., 634. Houses, 137. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. ...
Value, £720.* Patrons, T. Archer, Esq., and the Bishop of Norwich. The church is a modern brick edifice; and a previous church is in ruins, and serves as a landmark. Charities, £23. Giles Fletcher, the poet, was rector of Alderton, and died here in 1623.
Alderton 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 Alderton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alderton, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6993
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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