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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Middleton like this:
MIDDLETON, a village and a parish in Blything district, Suffolk. The village stands on the river Badingham, 2 miles SE of Darsham r. station, and 4 NE of Saxmundham; and has a post office und r Saxmundham. The parish contains also the hamlet of Fordley. Acres, 1,420. Real property, £3,941. ...
Pop., 589. Houses, 131. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Fordley, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £162. * Patron, the Rev. E. Hollond. The church is an old building, with a thatched roof; was recently restored; and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a church school.
Middleton 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 Middleton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Middleton, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7529
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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