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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swilland like this:
SWILLAND, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 3¾ miles N by E of Westerfield r. station, and 6 N by E of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 951. Real property, £1,869. Pop., 243. houses, 52. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £262.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good.
Swilland 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 Swilland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swilland, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7776
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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