In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanningfield like this:

STANNINGFIELD, a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 5¾ miles SSE of Bury-St. Edmunds r. station. Post town, Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 1,455. Real property, £2,330. Pop., 351. Houses, 69. The manor, with Coldham Hall, belongs to Sir T. R. Gage, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £345. Patron, Sir T. R. Gage, Bart. The church is good. There is a Roman Catholic chapel, with schools attached. Mrs. Inch bald, the novelist, was a native.

Stanningfield through time

Stanningfield 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 Stanningfield itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanningfield, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7701

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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