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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Saxstead like this:
SAXTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Hoxne district, Suffolk; on the river Alde, 2½ miles N W of Framlingham r. station. It has a post-office under Wickham-Market. Acres, 1, 202. Real property, £2, 420. Pop., 448. Houses, 100. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Framlingham, in the diocese of Norwich. The church is good.
Saxstead 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 Saxstead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Saxstead, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7659
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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