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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sapiston like this:
SAPISTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Thetford and county of Suffolk; on an affluent of the Little Ouse river, 3 miles N N W of Ixworth, and 6 N of Thurston r. station. Post-town, Ixworth, under Bury St. Edmunds. Acres, 1, 230. Real property, £1, 594. Pop., 255. Houses, 53. The property belongs to the Duke of Grafton. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £100.* Patron, the Duke of Grafton. The church is tolerable; and there is a parochial school.
Sapiston 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 Sapiston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sapiston, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7654
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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