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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Farnham like this:
FARNHAM, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; near the river Alde and the East Suffolk railway, 2½ miles SW of Saxmundham. It has a post office under Wickham Market. Acres, 1, 177. Real property, £1, 521. Pop., 184. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £78.* Patron, W. Long, Esq. The church is Norman, with a flint tower, and very good.
Farnham 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 Farnham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Farnham, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7176
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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