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

WANGFORD, a parish in Mildenhall district, Suffolk; 3¼ miles SW of Brandon r. station. Post town, Brandon. Acres, 3,252. Real property, £834. Pop., 50. Houses, 10. Most of the property belongs to G. H. Wilson, Esq. W. Hall was the residence of Lord Chief Justice Wright, of the time of James II.; and is now a farmhouse. Extensive rabbit warrens are here; and sometimes furnish so many as 10,000 rabbits weekly to the London market. The living is a rectory, annexed to Brandon. The church is ancient.

Wangford through time

Wangford 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 Wangford itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7846

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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