In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bucklesham like this:

BUCKLESHAM, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; 3¾ miles S of Bealings r. station, and 5½ ESE of Ipswich. It has a post office under Ipswich. Acres, 1,822. Real property, £3,231. Pop., 362. Houses, 70. Many curious petrifactions are found. The living is a Rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £566.* Patron, the Rev. E. Walford. The church is of brick, and was repaired in 1842. There is a national school.

Bucklesham through time

Bucklesham 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 Bucklesham itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bucklesham, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7069

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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