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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wetheringsett like this:
WETHERINGSETT, a parish, with W. village and Brockford hamlet, in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 5 miles SSW of Eye r. station. It has a post-office under Stonham. Acres, 3,783. Real property, £6,986. Pop., 1,072. Houses, 231. The property is subdivided. W. House is the seat of H. Brooke, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £714.* Patron, the Rev. J. P. Sill. The church is good. There are a parochial school, and townlands and charities £118.
Wetheringsett is now part of MID SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how MID SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wetheringsett itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wetheringsett, in Mid Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7878
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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