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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wickham Skeith like this:
WICKHAM-SKEITH, a parish, with a village, in Hartismere district, Suffolk; 2 miles E of Finningham r. station, and 4½ SW by .S of Eye. Post town, Stonham. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £3,233. Pop., 564. Houses, 124. The property is much subdivided. W. Hall was rebuilt in 1846, and is now the parsonage. Many Saxon coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £130. Patron, the Rev.Garrard. The church was restored in 1858. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and townlands £20.
Wickham Skeith 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 Wickham Skeith itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wickham Skeith, in Mid Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7941
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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