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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Freckenham like this:
FRECKENHAM, a parish in Mildenhall district, Suffolk; on the river Lark, at the boundary with Cambridgeshire, 3¼ miles SW of Mildenhall, and 4¼ NW of Kennet r. station. It has a post office under Soham. Acres, 2, 520. Real property, £3, 388. Pop., 476. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage and a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £600.* Patron, Peterhouse, Cambridge. The church is pretty good; and there are a national school, and charities £25.
Freckenham 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 Freckenham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Freckenham, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7209
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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