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

SUDBOURNE, a parish in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; 4½ miles SW of Aldborough r. station. Post town, Wickham-Market. Acres, 5,429; of which 80 are water. Real property, £4,596. Pop., 525. Houses, 109. S. Hall is the seat of the Marquis of Hertford. The living is a rectory, united with Orford, in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £600.* Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £250.

Sudbourne through time

Sudbourne 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 Sudbourne itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7739

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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