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

DENARDISTON, or Denston, a parish in Risbridge district, Suffolk; on an affluent of the river Stour, 3¾ miles ENE of Haverhill r. station. Post town, Keddington, under Newmarket. Acres, 1, 230. Real property, £2, 011. Pop., 277. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. Denston Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £51. Patron, W. Pigott, Esq. The church is good.

Denston through time

Denston 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 Denston itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7128

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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