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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gazeley like this:
GAZELEY, a village and a parish in the district of Newmarket, and county of Suffolk; and a sub-district in the same district, chiefly also in Suffolk, but partly in Cambridge. The village stands near Icknield-street, 2½ miles SW of Higham r. station, and 4¾ E of Newmarket; and has a post office under Newmarket.—The parish contains also the hamlets of Higham-Green and Needham-street. ...
Acres, 5, 899. Real property, £4, 658. Pop., 884. Houses, 186. The property is divided among a few. The making of bricks is carried on. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Kentford, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £438.* Patron, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. The church is ancient and tolerable. The vicarage of Higham Green is a separate benefice. There are a Baptist chapel and a British school.—The sub-district contains seven parishes. Acres, 17, 421. Pop., 3, 446. Houses, 729.
Gazeley 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 Gazeley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gazeley, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7224
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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