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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Washbrook like this:
WASHBROOK, a parish, with a village, in Samford district, Suffolk; 2½ miles N of Capel r. station, and 3½ SSW of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 1,443. Real property, £2,787. Pop., 451. Houses, 96. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Copdock. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Washbrook is now part of BABERGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how BABERGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Washbrook itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Washbrook, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7849
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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