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

CRANSFORD, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; adjacent to the river Alde and to the Framlingham railway, 2 miles ENE of Framlingham. It has a post office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 189. Real property, £1, 994. Pop., 284. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few. Cransford Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £430.* Patron, G. W. Pooley, Esq. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel.

Cransford through time

Cransford 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 Cransford itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7107

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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