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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whepstead like this:
WHEPSTEAD, a parish, with a village, in Thingoe district, Suffolk; 4½ miles SSW of Bury-St. Edmunds r. station. It has a post-office under Bury-St. Edmunds. Acres, 2,670. Real property, £4,281. Pop., 677. Houses, 140. The property is much subdivided. Plumpton House is the seat of W. R. Bevan, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £600.* Patron, A. R. Steele, Esq. The church is good; and there are an endowed school with £35 a year, and charities £50.
Whepstead 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 Whepstead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whepstead, in West Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7924
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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