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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hemley like this:
HEMLEY, a parish in Woodbridge district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 4¼ miles SSE of Bealings r. station, and 5 S of Woodbridge. Post town, Woodbridge. Acres, 816; of which 75 are water. Real property, £1, 183. Pop., 63. Houses, 13. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £200.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient and tolerable, and has an embattled tower.
Hemley 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 Hemley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hemley, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7273
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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