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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Letheringham like this:
LETHERINGHAM, a parish, with a village, in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; on the river Deben, 2½ miles NW of Wickham-Market, and 2½ WSW of Parham r. station. Post town, Wickham-Market. Acres, 1,134. Real property, £1,718. Pop., 208. Houses, 39. The manor belongs to the Duke of Hamilton. ...
A priory of Black canons, a cell to St. Peter's monastery in Ipswich, was founded here by Sir Edwin Bovile; and w as given, at the dissolution, first to Sir Anthony Wingfield, afterwards to his third daughter, Elizabeth Naunton. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Hoo, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is ancient; belonged to the priory; has a tower; and contains some decayed monuments of the Boviles, the Wingfields, and the Nauntons.
Letheringham 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 Letheringham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Letheringham, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7463
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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