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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wattisham like this:
WATTISHAM, a parish in Cosford district, Suffolk; 2 miles NE by N of Bildeston, and 5¾ WSW of Needham r. station. Post town, Bildeston, under Ipswich. Acres, 1,298. Real property, £1,878. Pop., 220. Houses, 49. The manor belongs to J. F. Robinson, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £110. Patron, King's College, Cambridge. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, and charities £72.
Wattisham is now part of BABERGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how BABERGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wattisham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wattisham, in Babergh and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7853
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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